Teachers in sixth form colleges across England have voted to strike over pay, and will likely walk out for the first time in six years later this month.
The National Education Union announced today that a formal ballot of over 4,000 staff in 77 sixth form colleges had yielded a ‘yes’ vote of 88.5 per cent, on a turnout of 63 per cent. The ‘yes’ vote was similar to that seen in an indicative ballot held earlier this year.
This more than meets the thresholds needed to make strike action legal. The first planned day of strike action is November 30, though the union today appealed to the education secretary to make the case for larger pay rises.
School staff in the NEU are also currently being balloted for strike action over pay, though the result will not be known until January as that ballot started later.
