NUT announcement on teachers’ pay campaign
Following a meeting of the NUT National Executive in which the next steps for the pay campaign was discussed, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers’ union, said:
“Teachers and education have come under continual attack from this Government and its Education Secretary. Michael Gove’s declared war on teachers, a punitive Ofsted regime and the breakdown of a coherent education system through the academies and free school programmes has led to a crisis of morale in the profession.
“Michael Gove must understand that unless this onslaught against teachers’ pay, pensions and working conditions stops then strike action is inevitable. Teachers do not take strike action lightly but when the profession is being torn apart by a Government whose reforms have little to do with standards, or evidence, then the time to sit back has to end.
“The NUT will continue to work with NASUWT as part of our historic declaration of intent. We expect to make further announcements on our next course of action next month.”
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