‘Rolling strikes’ on the cards unless teachers see action on pay, NASUWT conference decides

TEACHERS have voted in favour of possible industrial action if the Tory government continues its “unacceptable pay policies”.
Delegates at the NASUWT conference over the Easter weekend unanimously passed a motion calling on the union’s executive to “consider the use of rolling strike action” unless “substantial, above-inflation and across the board pay increases” are agreed.
Steve Thompson, a teacher from Leeds who introduced the motion, said: “It is clear to all why there is a recruitment and retention crisis in the profession.
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