Schools face more strikes after pay deal rejected by fourth union

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1. Fourth teaching union NASUWT rejects pay offer | BBC News

2. Teachers should be offered same pay deal as nurses to avert summer strike chaos | Telegraph

3. Give teachers in England a deal similar to nurses to avoid strikes, says union | The Guardian

4. NASUWT teaching union calls for talks after members reject England pay offer | The Observer

5. Government treating teachers in England with contempt over pay offer, says union | The Guardian

6. Members of NASUWT teaching union reject UK government pay offer | Reuters

Pupils could face yet more strike disruption this summer after a fourth teaching union rejected a government pay deal.

Teachers in England belonging to the NASUWT union will be re-balloted after 87 per cent of members turned down a one-off £1,000 payment and 4.5 per cent rise next year.

The union said the offer “did not come close” to addressing its concerns about salary and conditions.

Ministers have said more generous pay offers are not affordable and that further strikes would result in “more disruption” for children.

Schoolchildren in England and Northern Ireland already face walkouts next term following votes by several different unions.

Members of the National Education Union in England will take industrial action on Thursday 27 April and Tuesday 2 May. Five teaching unions in Northern Ireland, meanwhile, will walk out on Wednesday 26 April.