The Latest Breaking News from NEU

Tuesday briefing: From classrooms to hospital wards, the workers fighting for more

In today’s newsletter: Nurses, teachers, civil servants, rail workers and more are still locked in a battle for better pay and conditions – how are each faring?

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2023

Teacher shares stark reality of struggling families and covering costs as staff head out on further strike day

Thousands of teachers are walking out for a sixth strike day as their dispute with government continues

Manchester Evening News · May 2, 2023

Are teachers on strike tomorrow? The strikes explained

Some institutions due to close their doors on Tuesday as a result of the latest industrial action

The Independent UK · May 1, 2023

Schools could face coordinated strikes by teachers and headteachers in autumn

Four education unions plan to co-ordinate any possible industrial action moving forward in a long-running dispute over pay.

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

Schools could be hit by coordinated strikes from heads and teachers in autumn

NAHT leader Paul Whiteman accused the Government of showing 'contempt' for kids by refusing to restart pay talks after the Government's offer was emphatically rejected by hard-pressed school staff

Daily Mirror · Apr 28, 2023

All state schools in England may shut in ‘unprecedented’ coordinated strikes

Four main teaching unions could unite after ‘months of stonewalling’ from education secretary Gillian Keegan

The Guardian - UK · Apr 28, 2023

Government’s refusal to re-enter negotiations ‘shows lack of concern for pupils’

Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, will accuse the Government of ‘selling young people down the river’.

The Independent UK · Apr 28, 2023

Teachers to be balloted on whether to hold further strikes, NEU announces

Further strikes are already planned for next week and during the summer term

Evening Standard · Apr 28, 2023

Teaching unions consider coordinated strikes in England

Four teachers unions said on Friday they could take coordinated strike action in England later this year as they seek to increase pressure on the government in a dispute over pay which has already caused widespread disruption in schools.

Reuters · Apr 28, 2023

School leaders in England will be balloted again over strikes in pay dispute

All four major unions representing teachers and headteachers are balloting members in England over possible action.

The Independent UK · Apr 27, 2023