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Teacher pay strikes on the table as early as September
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) take part in a rally through Westminster to Parliament Square, London, July 05, 2023
TEACHERS could go on strike for better pay and funding as soon as September, National Education Union (NEU) general secretary Daniel Kebede revealed yesterday.
The union’s national executive discussed the next steps after walkouts received 90 per cent backing on a turnout of 50.3 per cent in an indicative ballot at the NEU annual conference in Bournemouth.
The turnout narrowly met the threshold needed to authorise strikes in a formal ballot.
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