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Striking members and supporters of the National Education Union (NEU) on Whitehall, on a march from Portland Place to Westminster where they will hold a rally against the Government's controversial plans for a new law on minimum service levels during strikes. Picture date: Wednesday February 1, 2023.
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TEACHING strikes look set to continue after education unions slammed “disappointing” pay talks with Tory ministers and rejected the latest wage offer from Welsh Labour today.
The National Education Union (NEU), NASUWT and NAHT said that discussions with Education Secretary Gillian Keegan were “more positive” but she failed to table an improvement on 2022-23’s below-inflation 5 per cent deal for most educators in England.
And in Wales, the NEU confirmed that it had dismissed last week’s proposal for an extra 1.5 per cent — plus a one-off lump sum of the same amount — saying its members “emphatically informed us it is simply not good enough.”
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