Members of a leading teachers' union are being balloted for strike action in a row over pay. The NASUWT said the Government and employers had failed to guarantee teachers and headteachers a fully-funded real-terms pay award of 12%, making the move towards walkouts necessary.
Ballot papers will be issued to members in England, Scotland and Wales from October 27 and the ballot will close on January 9. The union is recommending that members vote in favour of strikes and other forms of industrial action.
Meanwhile the National Education Union (NEU) said it will announce a timetable for a formal ballot and potential dates of strike action in the coming week. The union said that, in a preliminary online ballot of members in England and Wales, 86% of NEU teacher members said they would be prepared to strike for a fully-funded, above-inflation pay rise.
