Teachers vote for strike action
The union’s conference in Brighton voted to take industrial action in the week beginning 23 June and the meeting also decided to consult teachers on further action in the autumn term.
The strikes are part of a long-running campaign over teachers’ pay and workload.
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Hide AdThe other biggest classroom teachers’ union, the NASUWT, has also threatened to take industrial action in the run-up to next year’s general election.
Delegates at the NUT conference agreed that unless “significant progress” is made in talks with the government, there will be plans for a national strike in the summer term.