7/27/2019 elect Martin Powell-Davies for NUT Vice Presidaent

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VOTE MARTINPOWELL-DAVIES

YOUR FIRST CHOICE ASNUT VICE-PRESIDENT

NUT National Officer ElectionsLook out for your ballot paper at your home address from October 30

For clear, consistent leadershipto defeat Gove’s attacks on

teachers and education

“Teaching at 67, for

even longer hours,divided and bulliedby performance pay,Gove’s attacks willmake our jobsimpossible. So wehave to step up our

action to stop them”Martin Powell-Davies

“Martin Powell-Davies has claimed that oureducation reform plans will make teaching

‘a totally unbearable profession’”

Michael Gove, 05.09.13

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7/27/2019 elect Martin Powell-Davies for NUT Vice Presidaent

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READ MORE ON MARTIN’S BLOG: www.electmartin1.blogspot.co.uk Learning from Finland * No to excessive observations * Pensions when you need them – not when you’re

forced into ‘early retirement’ * No to management bullying * Teachers must defend comprehensive

education * LANAC - organising for national action * Ofsted - unreliable, unproven, unjustified

Michael Gove - a teacher assessment * 2013 GCSE Results - Gove pulls up the ladder once again

Supply Teachers - at the sharp end of privatisation * Gove's policies widen the class divide in education

“MICHAEL GOVE OBJECTED when

said that his attacks would

make teaching ‘unbearable’ but

ook at what they would mean:

Ÿ Pay decided by discriminatory

policies and unjust observations

Ÿ Colleagues divided and bullied

into working even longer hours

Ÿ Teachers forced to quit before

they can claim their full pension

Ÿ Education determined by anagenda imposed by privatising 

politicians, not children's needs

Every candidiate in this election

can list Gove's attacks but who

will provide the strategy and

eadership needed to stop them?

As a National Officer, I would:

Ÿ Give confidence to teachers to

take the national action needed

Ÿ

Sharpen our communications;explain our case boldly to

parents, press and public

Ÿ Encourage school reps; support

our NUT Local Associations

Ÿ Show members that their Union

understands the relentless

pressures facing teachers - and

that, together, we are going to

do something about them !

We have to learn lessons. Pulling

back from action on pensions in

2012 encouraged Michael Gove

to attack our pay in 2013.

Any further hesitation will invite

worse attacks on our conditions in

2014. That’s why we have to:

Ÿ Campaign in our communities to

explain our fight for education

Ÿ Build NUT/NASUWT school

committees to build unity andmaintain joint strike action

Ÿ Call our national strike this term

and link up with other unions in

dispute like the firefighters

Ÿ Prepare for further action next

term. If Gove won’t retreat, we

should consider a 2-day strike

Ÿ Collect to support colleagues

facing the greatest hardship

Ÿ Organise against unacceptable

pay and appraisal policies too

We would all prefer to be teaching,

not striking. However, our battle to

defend teachers is part of a wider

struggle to defend a genuinely

free, comprehensive education

system. We have a responsibility

to the children we teach - and to

ourselves - to win this struggle”

ELECT MARTIN POWELL-DAVIES

NUT VICE-PRESIDENTWIDESPREAD SUPPORTMartin has been nominated to stand

in this election by nearly 40 different

NUT Associations including:

Barnsley, Bedfordshire, Blackpool, Bolton,

Brent, Brighton, Bristol, Bromley, Cheshire

West, Chesterfield, Coventry, Devon,

Dover, Doncaster, Enfield, Folkestone,

Greenwich, Hackney, Hertfordshire,

Hillingdon, Leeds, City of Leicester,Leicestershire, Lewes, Lewisham,

Liverpool, Medway, Merton, Nottingham

City, Oldham, Plymouth, Rotherham,

Sheffield, South Notts, Southwark, Tawe

 Afan Nedd, Warwickshire, Worcestershire.

EXPERIENCED TEACHER TRADE UNIONISTŸ Science teacher and NUT member since 1986

Ÿ NUT Conference delegate since 1990

Ÿ Secretary of Lewisham NUT since 1993

Ÿ Member of the NUT National Executive since 2010

Ÿ Convenor, Local Associations for National Action Campaign

martinpd_uk@yahoo.co.uk * www.electmartin1.blogspot.co.uk

BOLD LEADERSHIP"This Government is determined to

drive through its attacks so as to cut

the costs of education. Faced with

these threats, we need NationalOfficers who will provide bold

leadership and a clear strategy.

Martin has shown that he has the

skills, ideas and experience required"

Adarsh Sood,

President, Lewisham NUT

EFFECTIVE CAMPAIGNS"At NUT Annual Conference, Martin

has been a consistent advocate of 

national collective action to stem the

impossible tide of stress faced by

teachers. He is a strong effective

campaigner and would make an

excellent Vice President. I strongly

urge you to support him"

John Illingworth,

Former National NUT President

STANDING FIRM"While some others on the Executivehave wavered, Martin has consistently

argued for the national action that we

will have to take if we are to defend

teachers and education. Electing 

Martin as an NUT National Officer

will help make sure that the Union

stands firm in the battles to come”

Julie Lyon-Taylor,

Current NUT National Officer

STRIKE TOGETHER

IN NOVEMBER