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Overseas: 30,000 Chicago teachers threaten walkout on Monday
Away from the UK’s own threatened teacher strike, the Guardian reports a bitter dispute between Chicago public school teachers and mayor Rahm Emanuel may escalate into a 30,000-teacher strike on Monday...
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Teachers vote to strike over pay and working conditions
Members of the National Union of Teachers are set to walk out of schools across England and Wales in the autumn following a fresh ballot for industrial action. The union will join forces with the...
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Teachers to take industrial action in schools over pay but vow not to disrupt...
Schools in England and Wales are facing a rolling programme of industrial action this autumn in an ongoing dispute with teachers over pay, pensions and conditions. Members of the National Union of...
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Industrial action by teachers to start one week later than planned on October...
Industrial action by teachers in a row over jobs, pay, pensions and workload is to start a week later than planned to avoid a possible legal challenge to the wording of notices sent to employers. This...
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Gove blamed as NASUWT escalates teachers’ industrial action
Schools will be hit by escalated industrial action by teachers from next Wednesday in a row over jobs, pay, pensions and workload amid “deep concerns” among staff over their profession. Members of the...
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Teachers stage work-to-rule action from today in pay row
Hundreds of thousands of teachers will stage radical work-to-rule action from today as part of an escalating dispute over cuts to pay and pensions, it has been announced. This is from the Telegraph…...
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Michael Gove attacks teaching unions for ‘bigotry of low expectations’
Teachers should “go the extra mile” by running after-school clubs and working on Saturdays to raise standards, Michael Gove said today as he launched an extraordinary attack on trade union “bigotry”....
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‘Make teachers do more work to save cash and help schools improve efficiency’
Teachers should be required to put up classroom displays, collect dinner money and monitor pupils at lunchtime to make the state education system more efficient, it was claimed today. A move to exempt...
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Teachers strike over academy protest pay stoppage
Teachers at an academy school in east London are on strike after their monthly pay was docked for taking part in national work-to-rule-type action. Stratford Academy in Newham has stayed open, with...
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Secret Teacher: industrial action makes teachers look like whingers
The latest Secret Teacher piece in the Guardian is from a primary school teacher in Midlands and suggests the latest union action is a convenient excuse for an easier life rather than showing support...
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Gove on ‘war footing’ as he considers anti-strike laws for teachers
Michael Gove is considering new anti-strike laws as he moves onto a ‘war footing’ with teaching unions who are expected to launch industrial action over the end of national pay deals. This is from the...
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Michael Gove: dock teachers’ pay if they ‘work to rule’
Teachers should have their pay docked if they “work to rule” in protests against the Government’s school reforms, the Education Secretary has said. This is from the Telegraph… In an escalation of...
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Dear Mr Gove: let me educate you about the world of teaching
English teacher and Warrington NASUWT official Kate Morgan says the goodwill of teachers has been eroded and that’s why they’re working to rule. This is from the Guardian… Dear Mr Gove, Last week I was...
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Education civil servants set to ballot for industrial action over cuts
Civil servants in the Department for Education are preparing to ballot for industrial action over plans for a 50% budget cut that threatens 1,000 jobs, the Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union...
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DfE warned over potential unfair dismissals claims
The Department for Education has been warned it could face hundreds of unfair dismissal claims if it pushes ahead with plans in England to axe about 1,000 jobs and cut its costs by 50%. This is from...
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Nigel de Gruchy: ‘Teacher strikes don’t have to be selfish’
With a spring of discontent looming for teachers, the Independent’s education editor Richard Garner has an interview with veteran union leader Nigel de Gruchy who claims industrial action can be good...
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The bell has rung for Denmark’s ‘model’ teaching system
Danish teachers are back in the classroom after a four-week industrial dispute, but their working week has changed for ever. This is from the Guardian… A four-week lockout of teachers from schools in...
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Portuguese teachers boycott exams in anti-austerity strike
Thousands of teachers across Portugal walked away from final exams held at secondary schools on Monday to protest against planned spending cuts in education, leaving many pupils unable to take the...
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Overseas: 30,000 Chicago teachers threaten walkout on Monday
Away from the UK’s own threatened teacher strike, the Guardian reports a bitter dispute between Chicago public school teachers and mayor Rahm Emanuel may escalate into a 30,000-teacher strike on Monday...
View ArticleIndustrial action over Scottish teacher pay moves closer
The TES is reporting that industrial action in Scottish schools has moved significantly closer following a failure to reach agreement at a meeting on teachers’ pay and conditions… The EIS union said it...
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