I suggest the following: http://socialistteachers.org.uk http://wsta.tripod.com These are examples of teachers' orgnisations using the internet to contact their members because a rising number of schools use the internet for communication. There are also forums (sometimes called fora...you know what teachers are like): http://www.tes.co.uk/section/staffroom/ http://educationforum.ipbhost.com/index.php which involve teachers from around the world in discussions and include union activists. You will note that the issue of public sector pension funds in the UK are a hot issue because of the attempt by the government to effectively deprive hundreds of thousands of their employees of pensions to which they were previously entitled. There is strike coming up this week with more to follow. Do not be deceived by the term "new Labour" by the way everyone in the UK was and look what happened to us!