Teachers in England say they would strike over pay

Teachers in England have said they would be willing to attack for the salary increase of 2.8% of the government this year.

The sacrifice was rejected by 93.7% of the members of the National Education Union (NEU), the largest teaching union in England, which participated in an informal vote.

And 83.4% indicated that they would be willing to attack in the vote, whose objective was to measure the mood of the teachers.

The Secretary of Education, Bridget Phillipsson, said that “any movement towards industrial action by teaching unions would be indefensible.”

The vote does not mean that teachers are about to attack.

They have to support industrial action in a formal vote before that may happen, and enough have to vote.

A vote on the next steps will take place at the Annual Neu Conference in Harrogate next week.

Any formal vote is likely to take place in summer.

The Government recommended A salary increase of 2.8% for millions of public sector workersincluding teachers, at the end of last year.

The NEU wants the government to financial the salary increase so that schools do not have to pay it through existing budgets. At the moment, The government expects Most schools will have to make “efficiencies” to pay the additional cost.

The NEU also says that the salary increase must be higher to address a “crisis” by recruiting new teachers and keeping them in the professional.

Rachael Fidler, leader of the school and the university trust in Dixons Academies Trust, told the BBC that offering flexible flexible work work caused life to be a little easier for staff, but payment was an important part of attracting graduates.

“What other work can you say that you make a big difference for the world in which you live?” She asked.

“But we have to be realistic. We have to attract a new generation to which a flexible work can be offered in other sectors, which can be sacrificed from well-peppers.”

Rob Owens, professor of sciences of the Academy Dixons Crxteth, said that the mandate of his work had been expanded since he entered the professional 20 years ago.

“Now there are increasing demands to teachers, more than it has been,” he said.

“That is beyond planning and marking. Now there is a greater demand for schools to support the most vulnerable students and families.”

The results of the NEU indicative ballot, which worked from March 1 to Friday, showed:

• 93.7% of members rejected sacrifice
• 83.4% of the members would be willing to attack “to ensure a higher and more significant payment award.”

A total of 134,487 teachers voted, who represent less than half (47.2%) or eligible members.

Neu general secretary Daniel Kebede said that the government “must listen to our profession and change course on the payment of teachers.”

“You must recognize the serious state of school financing and invest in education, to give the next generation the best possible opportunity in life,” he said.

Mrs. Phillipson said: “With school staff, parents and young people who work so hard to change the course of school attendance, any movement towards industrial action by teaching unions would be indefensible.

“After a 5.5% payment award in a greatly challenging fiscal context, I urge Neu to put the children first.”

Neu members get used to the strike on the payment in the first half of 2023, which forces many schools to close eight days of action.

It caused an interruption for parents who had to take days off or juggling with the care of children with work from home.

The NEU canceled the action After the government reviewed its sacrifice from 2023 to 6.5%.

The teachers received an increase of 5.5% in 2024.

Mrs. Phillipsson said last summer that she wanted to “restore” the relationship of her department with the educational workforce.

And the Department of Education says that school financing increases by £ 3.2 billion in financial year 2025-26.

But the teaching unions expressed Conn when the government offered a salary increase of 2.8% in December.

In a letter to Mrs. Phillipsson, Mr. Kebede and the leaders of three other unions said it had been clear that the 5.5% increase “must be only the first of a series of salary increases above the totally financed inflation.”

Jack Worth, education economist of the National Foundation for Educational Research, told the BBC that 2.8% of Squee seemed “too much for schools” to cover their budgets, but also “very little” for teachers to pay competitive in the broader labor market.

Additional reports by Branwen Jeffreys and Hope Rhodes.