Further teacher strikes are set for later this month after members of the National Education Union rejected the Government’s “insulting” pay offer
The overwhelming majority of teachers voted to rip up the
They had previously described Ms Keegan’s latest pay offer, which would see teachers handed a one-off payment of £1,000 this year and a 4.3 per cent pay rise next year, as “insulting”. “We have today written to the Education Secretary informing her of the next two days of strike action on 27 April and 2 May that NEU teacher members in England will now be taking.They urged the Education Secretary to “rectify the situation” by proposing an above-inflation pay offer to avoid further strikes.
It comes amid growing fears that a stalemate between the Government and teaching unions could see industrial action creep into exam season this summer. Asked whether strikes could disrupt exams due to start next month, she said: “We really hope that that doesn’t take place.
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