{"id":31230,"date":"2023-04-03T10:09:20","date_gmt":"2023-04-03T10:09:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=31230"},"modified":"2023-04-03T10:09:23","modified_gmt":"2023-04-03T10:09:23","slug":"teachers-in-england-reject-pay-offer-announce-further-strikes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gyalchisarshog.com\/?p=31230","title":{"rendered":"Teachers in England reject pay offer, announce further strikes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Reuters: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

LONDON, April 3 – Teachers in England have overwhelmingly rejected a pay offer from the British government aimed at ending a series of disruptive strikes, their trade union said on Monday, announcing two further days of walkouts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The National Education Union, Britain’s largest education union, said 98% of teachers who voted in the ballot followed its advice to reject<\/a> the offer of a one-off payment this year of 1,000 pounds and an average pay rise of 4.5% in the next financial year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This resounding rejection of the government’s offer should leave (education minister) Gillian Keegan in no doubt that she will need to come back to the negotiating table with a much better proposal,” NEU joint General Secretaries Mary Bousted and Kevin Courtney said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tens of thousands of teachers across Britain have taken strike action this year in demand of an above-inflation pay award, leaving classrooms empty and heaping pressure on Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to help resolve the dispute.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The union said teachers would take two further days of strike action, on April 27 and May 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“It is extremely disappointing that the NEU have called more strike action,” Keegan said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She also signalled the government did not intend to negotiate further: “Pay will now be decided by the independent pay review body which will recommend pay rises for next year.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The government has argued that higher pay rises would only worsen inflation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teachers in Wales have ended their strike action after voting to accept<\/a> a pay offer comprising an additional 3% pay award for 2022\/23 alongside a 1.5% one-off payment, and a government-funded 5% rise for the following year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scotland’s largest teaching union has also accepted a pay deal to end long-running strikes, which it said would amount to a 14.6% increase in pay for most teachers by January 2024.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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