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Members of the National Union of Teachers and the NASUWT march through Brighton back in 2013
TEACHERS have voted to consider strike action if the government refuses to offer a serious pay rise following years of real-terms cuts.
The fact that delegates at both teacher conferences that took place over the Easter weekend — the NASUWT’s in Birmingham and the National Education Union NUT section’s in Brighton — were prepared to risk taking this step demonstrates how widespread anger is among education professionals.
That’s hardly surprising. An OECD study last autumn found that teachers’ pay had shrunk 12 per cent in real terms between 2005 and 2015.
A past confrontation permanently shaped the methods the state will use to protect employers against any claims by their employees, writes MATT WRACK, but unions are readying to face the challenge
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK
Unions slam use of review bodies and long-term decline in value of wages