To what extent are trade unions a force for good in secondary education?

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To what extent are Trade Unions a force for good in secondary education?

In my coursework into finding out to what extent are trade unions a force for good in secondary education I shall be examining the different unions found in my own college and gathering primary research from members of these using questionnaires and interviews. I will be discovering why each member of staff joined the different unions, gathering their thoughts on the pros and cons of each. I hope to discover what impact these trade unions have on secondary education and to see what they offer in support to their members. More complex questionnaires and interviews with the representatives of each union found in my college will allow me to gather a larger insight into the depths of each organisation. I intend to carry out interviews with both my principle and vice-principle to gather their views on teaching unions and ascertain what differences there are with the unions available exclusively for head teachers and vice-principles.

I maintain that teaching unions are very much a force for good in secondary education, as although they concern the teachers primarily I still believe that they have