Teachers vote 72% for strike action on pay
Members of the National Union of Teachers have voted by a 72% majority to strike on 24 April against the Government's plan to impose a real-wage-cutting 2% pay limit, nailed down for three years, on them and on all public sector workers. The turnout was 32%. The lecturers' union UCU is also balloting to strike over pay on 24 April, and there will be pressure within other unions which organise in schools, such as Unison, GMB, and NASUWT, to ensure that school managements cannot use their members to keep schools open in defiance of the NUT strike.