Greenwich Council issues updates ahead of teacher strikes tomorrow
Teachers across the country have voted to take strike action due to what the NEU has described as “long hours and poor pay”.
A spokesperson for Greenwich Council said that they will not have information about which schools are open or closed until the day of the strikes tomorrow.
Several demonstrations will be taking place across London.
90.44 per cent of teachers in England that are NEU members voted in favour to taking industrial action on a turnout of 53.27 per cent.
However, according to NEU, support staff didn’t meet the Government’s thresholds with a ballot result of 84 per cent of members voting in favour of the strike with a turnout of 46.46 per cent.
NEU teaching staff strikes have also been planned for Wednesday, March 15, and Thursday, March 16.
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A spokesperson for the NEU said: “Pay for experienced teachers has fallen by one fifth in real terms since 2010.
“And now Britain is facing the worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Yet while your bills keep going up, your pay is not keeping pace.
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“Energy bills are soaring, inflation is at 12.3 per cent (August 2022) – a forty-year high.
“But the Government is suggesting experienced teachers’ pay should only go up by five per cent this year. This is a seven per cent cut.
Long hours and poor pay are the main reasons teachers are leaving the profession in their droves.
“This Government is presiding over one of the worst recruitment and retention crises ever seen in education.
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