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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.
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
