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15th September
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Teacher’s Union Kevin Courtney’s ‘socially responsible’ beard named Beard of 152nd TUC
The Beard Liberation Front, the informal network of beard wearers, has named joint General Secretary of the National Education Union Kevin Courtney as Beard of the 152nd TUC which concluded on Tuesday.
He won the Beard of the 150th TUC in 2018 but was shaved for the annual accolade in 2019 by UNISON’s James Anthony amongst others
With the 152nd Congress being run entirely on-line the overwhelmingly clean-shaven General Council were more to the fore than usual, even allowing for the welcome reality that diversity in other areas has improved.
However Kevin Courtney’s beard was omnipresent, as fringe events and meetings played a more upfront role in the circumstances of 2020.
The campaigners say that Courtney’s work on Government ‘plans’ for a return to schools has been marked by an emphasis on safety and, where this was not guaranteed, resistance.
BLF Organiser Keith Flett, Kevin Courtney’s beard added gravitas to the 152nd TUC and in these difficult times that it was worthy of recognition
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