Two teacher unions have opened new ballots for strike action after rejecting the government’s recent pay offer.
Members of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT) and National Education Union (NEU) rejected the pay and working conditions offer and ballots for members to vote on industrial action opened on Monday.
The NEU said it will be re-balloting teacher members working in England’s state-funded schools, with the current mandate for industrial action ending on July 13.
The NAHT ballot will close on July 31, with education unions agreeing to co-ordinate strike action in the autumn term.
Members are being asked: “Are you prepared to take part in industrial action consisting of a strike?”
Ballot papers sent from the NEU will ask members: “Are you prepared to take part in strike action in furtherance of this dispute?”
