Teachers are striking this morning
Teachers at schools across Greater Manchester were continuing to take industrial action today in an ongoing dispute with the government over pay. Picket lines were being set up outside school grounds, with many thousands of children off school as a result.
Education union leaders have called on the government to urgently publish the School Teachers' Review Body's pay recommendations. The hold-up is causing 'anxiety' in schools and 'frustrating headteachers' who need to plan budgets, Education Secretary Gillian Keegan has been told.In a joint letter to Ms Keegan, education union leaders said the Government’s refusal to 'properly negotiate' with them over pay risks 'dragging out the current dispute'.
But all four education unions rejected the offer and the decision on teachers' pay in England for next year has been passed to the independent STRB. "It is in everyone's interest that the current dispute is brought to a swift resolution. The ball is firmly in government’s court."
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