{"id":3172,"date":"2023-01-16T15:52:55","date_gmt":"2023-01-16T15:52:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3172"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:39:47","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:39:47","slug":"britain-faces-more-turmoil-as-teachers-set-to-announce-strike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/economy\/business\/britain-faces-more-turmoil-as-teachers-set-to-announce-strike\/2023\/01\/16\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Britain faces more turmoil as teachers set to announce strike"},"content":{"rendered":"

LONDON<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> Jan,16–<\/span> Teachers<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> and<\/span> Wales<\/span> announced<\/span> a<\/span> strike<\/span> late<\/span> Monday,<\/span> joining<\/span> labor<\/span> force<\/span> with<\/span> nurses,<\/span> railway<\/span> workers<\/span> and<\/span> others<\/span> in<\/span> an<\/span> attempt<\/span> to<\/span> create<\/span> new<\/span> headaches<\/span> for<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Rishi<\/span> Sunak’s<\/span> government.<\/span>\u00a0
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> results<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> National<\/span> Education<\/span> Union<\/span> (NEU)<\/span> teacher<\/span> vote<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> announced<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> at<\/span> 1700<\/span> GMT.<\/span> The<\/span> Sunday<\/span> Times<\/span> quoted<\/span> union<\/span> sources<\/span> as<\/span> saying<\/span> union<\/span> members<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> and<\/span> Wales<\/span> said<\/span> he<\/span> had<\/span> voted<\/span> to<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> since<\/span> February.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>NEU<\/span> co-secretary-general<\/span> Mary<\/span> Bousted<\/span> said<\/span> she<\/span> wants<\/span> her<\/span> February<\/span> 1st<\/span> strike,<\/span> the<\/span> day<\/span> 100,000<\/span> public<\/span> sector<\/span> workers<\/span> will<\/span> go<\/span> on<\/span> strike.<\/span> With<\/span> inflation<\/span> above<\/span> 10%,<\/span> workers<\/span> in<\/span> various<\/span> sectors<\/span> are<\/span> demanding<\/span> higher<\/span> wages.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> NEU,<\/span> the<\/span> UK’s<\/span> largest<\/span> education<\/span> union<\/span> with<\/span> about<\/span> 500,000<\/span> members,<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> had<\/span> offered<\/span> its<\/span> members<\/span> a<\/span> 5%<\/span> wage<\/span> increase,<\/span> but<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> was<\/span> a<\/span> wage<\/span> cut<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> rising<\/span> prices.The<\/span> union<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> ,<\/span> many<\/span> quit<\/span> their<\/span> jobs<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> low<\/span> wages<\/span> of<\/span> teachers.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> said<\/span> it<\/span> cannot<\/span> afford<\/span> large<\/span> wage<\/span> increases<\/span> and<\/span> has<\/span> warned<\/span> that<\/span> large<\/span> wage<\/span> increases<\/span> will<\/span> exacerbate<\/span> the<\/span> inflation<\/span> problem.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Bousted<\/span> told<\/span> his<\/span> Sky<\/span> News<\/span> that<\/span> an<\/span> internal<\/span> NEU<\/span> poll<\/span> showed<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> limits<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> were<\/span> approaching.<\/span> “By<\/span> 5<\/span> p.m.<\/span> tonight,<\/span> we<\/span> will<\/span> announce<\/span> a<\/span> pattern<\/span> of<\/span> behavior,”<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>A<\/span> strike<\/span> vote<\/span> by<\/span> another<\/span> teachers’<\/span> union<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> missed<\/span> the<\/span> turnout<\/span> needed.The<\/span> union<\/span> of<\/span> school<\/span> principals<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> and<\/span> Wales<\/span> is<\/span> also<\/span> due<\/span> to<\/span> announce<\/span> on<\/span> Monday<\/span> whether<\/span> to<\/span> go<\/span> ahead<\/span> with<\/span> the<\/span> strike.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> last<\/span> time<\/span> teachers<\/span> in<\/span> England<\/span> went<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> was<\/span> in<\/span> 2016,<\/span> but<\/span> most<\/span> schools<\/span> remain<\/span> open.<\/span> A<\/span> major<\/span> strike<\/span> by<\/span> teachers<\/span> occurred<\/span> in<\/span> 2008,<\/span> she<\/span> said.<\/span> Scottish<\/span> teachers<\/span> are<\/span> already<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> and<\/span> many<\/span> schools<\/span> are<\/span> closed.<\/span> On<\/span> Monday,<\/span> they<\/span> launched<\/span> his<\/span> 16-day<\/span> streak<\/span> of<\/span> strikes<\/span> affecting<\/span> two<\/span> municipalities<\/span> each<\/span> day.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Transport<\/span> Minister<\/span> Mark<\/span> Harper<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> Sunday<\/span> that<\/span> the<\/span> teachers’<\/span> decision<\/span> to<\/span> go<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> was<\/span> “deplorable”.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>There<\/span> is<\/span> hope<\/span> that<\/span> a<\/span> new<\/span> offer<\/span> for<\/span> rail<\/span> workers<\/span> could<\/span> end<\/span> strikes<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> sector,<\/span> but<\/span> nursing<\/span> officials<\/span> warn<\/span> the<\/span> strike<\/span> could<\/span> escalate.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Royal<\/span> College<\/span> of<\/span> Nursing<\/span> are<\/span> set<\/span> to<\/span> go<\/span> on<\/span> strike<\/span> Wednesday<\/span> and<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> with<\/span> unions<\/span> warning<\/span> the<\/span> next<\/span> strike<\/span> could<\/span> be<\/span> more<\/span> serious.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

LONDON (Reuters) Jan,16– Teachers in England and Wales announced a strike late Monday, joining labor force with nurses, railway workers and others in an attempt to create new headaches for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government.\u00a0 The results of the National Education Union (NEU) teacher vote will be announced on Monday at 1700 GMT. The Sunday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3178,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[23,562,2425],"tags":[801,802,693,766,800],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/4507697.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3172"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3174,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3172\/revisions\/3174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3178"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}