The North East public has issued messages of support to teachers who are undertaking their first day of strike action today.
Members of the National Education Union (NEU) are taking industrial action on February 1 in a dispute over pay, with further walkouts planned in February and March. Guidance from the Department for Education suggests agency staff and volunteers could be used to cover classes on strike days, with schools expected to remain open where possible.
The NEU's members voted overwhelmingly in favour of strike action "as a result of failure by the Secretary of State in England and the employers in Wales to ensure enough money is available to pay a fully-funded increase in pay for teachers which at least matches inflation, and which begins to restore lost pay".
