Brent Green Party has backed the NEU members striking NEU members at Woodfield Special School in Kingsbury. Like the Village School, Woodfield is run by an academy trust that picks on the lowest paid when making budget cuts. Low paid pupil support workers are often the backbone of a special school, close to parents and the community and very important to the pupils.
There have been 6 strike days so far and another three are planned this week with another 3 in reserve for after Christmas, if the management does not improve its offer. They want to cut workers' hours (and thus their pay) by 2-1/2 hours a week instead of their original 3-1/2 bid.
The school workers at a packed meeting unanimously rejected the offer.
Brent Green Party's Trade Union Liasion Officer Pete Murry wrote to the Brent NEU:
Brent Green Party sends its support to National Education Union members at Woodfield Special School who have taken six days strike action and propose to take a further three days strike before the holiday, against the insufficient offer being made to them by the school's management trust. We call on the Trust to agree to the strikers' reasonable and fair demands and restore a full SEND education service to the communities that Woodfield school serves.
Lucy Cox of the NEU replied:
Thanks so much! I'll share your heartfelt solidarity on the picket line. Woodfield members have voted to escalate in January as management are continuing to put their interests above those of the students!
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