Teachers in England and Wales are taking strike action in a dispute over pay. The teachers’ strike is the latest major walkout in a winter which has already seen industrial action in the health service, railways and postal service.
Nine out of 10 teacher members of the National Education Union (NEU) voted for strike action and the union passed the 50% ballot turnout required by law. The union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March, but it has said any individual school will only be affected by four of the days.
The first day of strikes will be on February 1 and more than 23,000 schools in England and Wales are expected to be affected, the NEU has said. The result comes after a ballot of members of the NASUWT teachers' union last week failed to reach the 50% turnout threshold.
