Union over the line on numbers voting – and result expected to be in favour of industrial action
Teachers are set to go on strike for decent pay after enough members returned ballots to meet the ‘50% plus one’ turnout threshold required under the government’s anti-union laws, according to reports Skwawkbox has received.
The percentage of those voting who support strike action is also said to be ‘overwhelming’, in line with the National Education Union (NEU) indicative ballots when the ballot dates were announced, in which 92% of teachers said they would reject employers’ below-inflation ‘final’ pay offer.
The CWU union, many of whose members are also in the middle of a strike campaign over atrocious treatment by Royal Mail, had tweeted when the ballots went out of its pride in delivering them:
Solidarity with all workers fighting the attacks by the government and employers on their rights, pay and living standards.