A teaching union's ballot for industrial action has failed to reach the legal turnout threshold needed to call a strike despite those who did respond voting overwhelmingly in favour.
Nine out of ten teachers who voted in the NASUWT union's ballot were in favour of going on strike over pay and conditions. However the turnout of 42% was below the 50% threshold needed for a strike to be called legally. Wales' figure was slightly higher at 46%, just 4% short of the threshold.
Teaching staff including headteachers, principals and other school workers in Wales have been campaigning for months for a better pay deal after rejecting the Welsh Government's offer of a 5% increase in November, labelling it an "insult." Inflation is currently above 10% and at a 40-year high and workers want a larger increase to combat soaring living costs.
