Teachers across Nottinghamshire will strike again next month, with a union planning its largest ever demonstration in the city. Members of the National Education Union (NEU) will walk out on March 1 in a dispute over pay, exactly one month after the previous strike.
The union said it is planning a march from Forest Recreation Ground to Old Market Square at 12pm for speeches and a rally. NEU says it will be its largest demonstration ever in Nottingham.
Nick Raine, senior regional officer in the East Midlands, said: “Teachers in Nottinghamshire care passionately about their schools and the pupils they teach. After over a decade of pay cuts and decimated school budgets, they feel they have a duty to stand up for teachers, pupils and education and demand that our schools are properly funded."
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Earlier this month, teachers joined other striking workers for a march through the city centre which ended with a rally at Albert Hall. NEU said around 1,000 people turned out for the march.
In March, teachers in Nottinghamshire will join NEU members across the East Midlands, West Midlands and East of England in the strike action. Mr Raine continued: "Our children are being let down by a government that is unwilling to invest in their future and is presiding over a crisis in teacher retention as class sizes rise to a twenty year high.
"No teacher takes strike action lightly but our members feel they have been given no choice. This is a strike to not only improve teacher retention, but to secure a better future for children across Notts.” The Department for Education has been contacted for comment.
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