Thousands of teachers to strike over 'toxic mix of low pay and excessive workload'
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- 17 Jan 2023
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Thousands of teachers are set to walk out of classrooms over pay after the largest education union reached the threshold required to take strike action.
The National Education Union (NEU) had organised a ballot of 300,000 members in England and Wales, calling for a "fully funded, above-inflation pay rise".
Nine out of 10 teacher members of the union voted for strike action and the union passed the 50% ballot turnout required by law to take industrial action.
In England, 90% of NEU teacher members who voted in the ballot backed strikes, with a turnout of 53%.
In Wales, 92% of NEU teacher members who voted in the ballot backed strikes, with a turnout of 58%.
The union has declared seven days of walkouts in February and March, but it has said any individual school will only be affected by four of the days.
The first day of strikes will be on 1 February and more than 23,000 schools in England and Wales are expected to be affected
The full list of proposed strike days are:
• Wednesday 1 February: all eligible members in England and Wales
• Tuesday 14 February: all eligible members in England and Wales
• Tuesday 28 February: all eligible members in the Northern, North West, Yorkshire and The Humber regions
