Teachers preparing to walk out in a row over pay say they have been forced to strike with a funding and recruitment “crisis” hitting schools across Wales. The NEU has announced four separate days of strikes starting on February 1, which the union says will force a large number of schools to shut.
Explaining the “difficult decision” to vote to walk out of their classrooms, teachers from local authorities across Wales said they were striking to “save” an education system they described as being in crisis. They say talks have failed and they had no other choice.
Liz McLean, who works in Ysgol Plas Brondyffryn in Denbigh, said she loved her job but the 5% below inflation pay award was not enough. Teachers and support staff are leaving education because they can earn more working in shops.
