A union leader has said they “need to hear specific proposals” from the government to settle their dispute over pay after education secretary Gillian Keegan called fresh crunch talks.
Dr Patrick Roach, general secretary of the NASUWT teachers’ union, said while he welcomed the “opportunity to meet again” with the government, his union “now needs to hear specific proposals…which will address our members’ concerns”.
Union bosses are due to meet Keegan tomorrow, resuming crunch talks over pay and school funding that took place ahead of the walkout on February 1 of members of the National Education Union.
The education secretary has been criticised for her refusal to discuss improvements to this year’s pay deal, over which the NEU, NASUWT and NAHT all remain in dispute with the government.
