We lost the fight to keep one of our city high schools in public hands. The site has now been handed over to a small group of people who have little connection with Worcester...

Senior county councillors, Micheal Foster M.P. and central government pushed for Elgar Technology College to be taken out of local democratic control and handed to an unaccountable group of individuals...

Let's hope that the youngsters at the Academy benefit from this priivatisation of public assetts.

All the trade unions that represent staff at the Academy are working together to protect the rights of their members. Only through being a member of a trade union and with the unions working in harmony can workers rights be protected and enhanced. This is what trade unionism is about - joining together and working in solidarity for the common good.

For details about Academies see http://www.antiacademies.org.uk/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1