🔴 A nationwide teacher strike will go ahead on Wednesday after last-ditch talks between unions leaders and the Education Secretary failed to lead to any progress in an ongoing pay dispute
School leaders have complained that current strike laws, which mean union members are not required to notify their employers if they plan to strike, mean they will not know the scale of disruption until Wednesday morning.
Disruption will vary across the country on Wednesday, with schools rolling out contingency plans that include everything from total shutdowns to David Attenborough documentaries being shown in classrooms. They argue that teachers’ pay has fallen by almost a quarter in real terms since 2010, and that the profession faces a recruitment and retention crisis fuelled by low salaries.after five years on current pay levels, according to the NEU.
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