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| Merged into | Community |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1970 |
| Dissolved | 1 October 2020 |
| Headquarters | 2 St James' Court Friar Gate Derby DE1 1BT |
| Location |
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Members | 19,711 (2020)[1] |
Key people | Ray Bryant (Founder) Deborah Lawson (General Secretary) |
| Affiliations | GFTU |
| Website | www |
Voice, formerly the Professional Association of Teachers (PAT), was a British trade union representing teachers, lecturers and other education and childcare workers in British education. The union is committed to protecting and promoting the "cause of education" and to defending the professional interests of members.
In 2020, Voice became the education and early years section of the British trade union Community and retains responsibility for the union's education policy and maintains a specialist staff.[2] As a section of Community, it now respects and reserves its right to take industrial action in accordance with wishes of its members and policy of Community.
Voice was an independent trade union until October 2020. Whilst "respecting and reserving" its legal right to take industrial action, Voice previously maintained a policy that it did not engage in "any kind of industrial action" that is "injurious to education" or damaging to the health, safety of welfare of those in its care or charge.[3]
- ^ "Form AR21 - Annual Return for a Trade Union" (PDF). Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "NEW ERA FOR VOICE" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2023-12-10.
- ^ "Voice Community | the union for education, early years and childcare professionals".