NASUWT to ballot members for strike action

The NASUWT-The Teachers’ Union is balloting eligible members for industrial action in state-funded schools and sixth form colleges across England over pay, workload and working time.

The ballot for state-funded schools will open on June 5 and close on July 10. A ballot for sixth form colleges opens today (May 15) and will close on June 12.

The ballots are the result of the failure of the Government to agree the NASUWT's demand for a fully-funded restorative pay award for all teachers employed in state-funded schools and sixth form colleges in England, and to resolve the issue of excessive workload and long working hours.

Today, NASUWT General Secretary Dr Patrick Roach has issued official notice to the Education Secretary, Gillian Keegan, that the NASUWT will ballot its members in all state-funded schools in England and will serve legal notices to employers of the intention to ballot.