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07/09/2012
Teachers Vote For Strike Action Over Pay
In a row over pay and working conditions, teachers in England and Wales have voted to go on strike.
82.5% of members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) who voted were in favour of walkouts. The turnout was 27%.
They will campaign alongside the other big teachers' union, the NASUWT, to safeguard their profession, they said.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said her union had been left with no option but to "protect the well-being" of her members.
"Teachers are being undermined by a government whose almost daily criticisms and erosion of working conditions and pay, coming on top of previous attacks on pensions, are unacceptable," she said.
"This negative approach to the profession has to stop.
"No other profession comes under such continual scrutiny and no other profession has accountability systems based on so little trust."
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82.5% of members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) who voted were in favour of walkouts. The turnout was 27%.
They will campaign alongside the other big teachers' union, the NASUWT, to safeguard their profession, they said.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said her union had been left with no option but to "protect the well-being" of her members.
"Teachers are being undermined by a government whose almost daily criticisms and erosion of working conditions and pay, coming on top of previous attacks on pensions, are unacceptable," she said.
"This negative approach to the profession has to stop.
"No other profession comes under such continual scrutiny and no other profession has accountability systems based on so little trust."
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