A Welsh-medium teachers' union is balloting members for possible strike action in a row over pay and conditions. UCAC said it rejected the Welsh Government's below-inflation 5% pay offer and a ballot will open next month.
At the same time the NEU Cymru teaching union on Tuesday said it has written to education minister Jeremy Miles and local education authorities warning it will ballot its members unless an above-inflation increase is offered. Inflation is currently running near to double figures.
The Nasuwt and Association of School and College Leaders Cymru have also threatened to ballot their members over pay in the next few weeks but UCAC is the first to actually do so with its ballot opening on November 21. UCAC general secretary Ioan Rhys Jones said his members are willing to take action as a last resort after years of pay erosion which is affecting children's education.
