NEU votes in favour of strike action, with hundreds of thousands of teachers set to walk out

🔴The UK’s largest teaching union has voted in favour of strike action Meaning schools will face widespread closures in the coming months as hundreds of thousands of teachers prepare to walk out

Dr Bousted said there was still time to secure a deal with the Government in a bid to call off strikes.

The Government will issue updated strike guidance for schools tomorrow morning, as ministers scramble to minimise disruption in the face of a nationwide walkout. used during the pandemic. New guidance set to be distributed tomorrow is expected to include updated contingency plans to ensure students’ learning does not suffer during teacher strikes.

“Anything otherwise would be members of other unions breaking the strike action,” she said. “That’s what a strike is — a strike isn’t that we take strike action and then somebody else provides online lessons. We’re trying to demonstrate by withdrawing our labour how valuable our labour is.”

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