The National Association of Head Teachers is expected to back proposals for a national walk out to defend membersââ¬â¢ pensions.
An emergency motion to be debated at the unionââ¬â¢s annual conference in Brighton on Sunday will call on the union to take any action necessary ââ¬â up to and including strikes ââ¬â to block controversial changes to teachersââ¬â¢ retirement funds.
The move comes just days after two major teaching unions announced they would ballot members for a one-day strike in the summer term, followed by a series of walk-outs in September and October.
The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers backed the proposed action earlier this month.
It raises the prospect of co-ordinated strike action that would shut the majority of state primary and secondary schools in England and Wales, possibly in late June. Hundreds of independent schools are also likely to shut.
The action would cause chaos for millions of parents who will be forced to hire childminders or take a day off work to look after sons and daughters who have been locked out of school.
It promises to be the first national teachersââ¬â¢ strike since 2008 and only the second in 24 years.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...ought-to-a-standstill-by-teachers-strike.html
An emergency motion to be debated at the unionââ¬â¢s annual conference in Brighton on Sunday will call on the union to take any action necessary ââ¬â up to and including strikes ââ¬â to block controversial changes to teachersââ¬â¢ retirement funds.
The move comes just days after two major teaching unions announced they would ballot members for a one-day strike in the summer term, followed by a series of walk-outs in September and October.
The National Union of Teachers and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers backed the proposed action earlier this month.
It raises the prospect of co-ordinated strike action that would shut the majority of state primary and secondary schools in England and Wales, possibly in late June. Hundreds of independent schools are also likely to shut.
The action would cause chaos for millions of parents who will be forced to hire childminders or take a day off work to look after sons and daughters who have been locked out of school.
It promises to be the first national teachersââ¬â¢ strike since 2008 and only the second in 24 years.
Full article: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/educatio...ought-to-a-standstill-by-teachers-strike.html
