adminMembers of the National Union of Teachers are set to stage a walkout across England and Wales in the summer term in a row with the British government over pay, pensions and working conditions.The NUT’s 900 delegates voted overwhelmingly in favor of the national strike at the union’s annual conference in Brighton on Monday.
According to reports, the industrial action is planned to take place in the week beginning 23 June unless “significant progress” is made in negotiations between teachers and the UK’s Department for Education.
“The union will demand that (education secretary) Michael Gove attends talks with the unions to discuss his education policies, on workload and accountability, teacher pay including performance related pay and his unfair pension changes.
If the strike happens, it will be Michael Gove’s fault,” said NUT’s general secretary Christine Blower.
The NUT is engaged in a campaign of industrial action with the National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers over the UK government’s changes to teachers’ pay and pension arrangements.
Teachers’ unions have held a series of strikes across England and Wales over roughly three years.
In October last year, 3 500 public schools across the UK were suspended due to a teachers strike against cuts in salaries, pensions and welfare. — Press TV.
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