Further strike action is 'inevitable', teaching unions warn after the latest round of pay talks end in stalemate
The National Education Union has warned that staff will do "whatever it takes" to achieve a desirable salary hike. ."Teachers will not back down" over pay, the National Education Union has warned after the fourth round of government talks did not lead to a new offer.
"Gillian Keegan and the Government need to be aware that teachers will not back down on this," he said, adding that the profession has been left "utterly demoralised" after a decade of falling wages.Picture: Alamy "While the tone of today's talks signalled a greater sense of urgency on the part of the Government, we have to report that once again there is no new offer to improve the inadequate pay settlement which has sparked the ongoing dispute," he said.
Teachers in Wales have rejected a pay offer from the Welsh governments and are set to return to the picket lines on 2 March.
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