UK Teaching unions open door for further strikes

Helene Mulholland:

Schools could be hit by fresh waves of strikes from this summer after two teaching unions put the government on notice that they intend to continue their campaign against the government's planned reforms to their pensions.

The National Union of Teachers passed a resolution behind closed doors at its annual conference in Torquay seeking fresh walkouts as early as this summer amid concerns over the government's changes to public sector pensions.

The resolution was passed just hours after the NASUWT, which is holding its conference in Birmingham, agreed to step up its industrial action campaign against what they see as a series of attacks on pay, pensions, working conditions and job losses - raising the possibility of strikes in the autumn term.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at April 8, 2012 1:23 AM
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