tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post5348234642393156010..comments2023-11-05T12:16:33.639+00:00Comments on Eyes on Power: Left teach right a lesson in union bashing‏Eyes on Powerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02408947428831888312noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-72067602053393738842011-07-05T22:47:33.720+01:002011-07-05T22:47:33.720+01:00Peter, I think we are talking at cross-purposes he...Peter, I think we are talking at cross-purposes here as I agree with everything you say. I certainly don't believe in narrow trade union fundamentalism. I believe trade unions can and should be the vehicles of progressive social change and I think it is a tragedy that unions have been backed so far into a corner that their role now is to defend what they've got rather than fight for improvement. However the main thrust of the article was that Miles had completely misinterpreted the current industrial dispute.Dan @ Eyes on Powerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07098864719222064502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6546613382023661583.post-4615841752022190032011-07-05T22:09:08.565+01:002011-07-05T22:09:08.565+01:00A muddled response to a very reactionary article. ...A muddled response to a very reactionary article. In fact, trade unions like NUT have consistently campaigned to improve education for all. NUT campaigned in favour of comprehensive education and against the old tripartite system. NUT worked actively through the Schools Council in the 1970's and 1980's to improve the curriculum. WE opposed SAT tests as causing a narrowing of the curriculum and in opposing Academies one of the key things we have argued is that structural changes in who owns and runs the school does not improve the quality of learning - that is achieved by teachers, working together, teachers working with young people in classrooms. By resorting to a narrow sort of trade union fundamentalism - unions are only about pay and conditions - you do teachers a massive disservice.Peter Flacknoreply@blogger.com