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School strikers set to demand climate action in first demonstration since Cop26

School children and students across Scotland will take to the streets on Friday for the first time since Cop26 as they strike to demand climate action. Striking pupils will skip school to join thousands across the globe to call for more to be done ...

25 Mar 2022 at 03:55

Northern Ireland

Schools face disruption as education workers begin strike action

Some schools in Northern Ireland will face disruption over the coming days, as education workers begin a planned two-week strike. It is the latest walk-out by education staff following similar action in March, which comes as part of an ongoing ...

26 Apr 2022 at 12:25

Northern Ireland

Striking education workers urged to make exemptions for special schools

Northern Ireland’s children’s commissioner has urged striking education workers to make exemptions for special schools. Unite the Union members are taking part in a two-week strike in an ongoing row over pay. There is dispute over a local ...

05 May 2022 at 18:25

Scotland

School strikers march through Edinburgh to demand climate action

Hundreds of school strikers have marched through Edinburgh to demand the Scottish Government does more to clamp down on harmful emissions and acts against climate change. They joined striking pupils across the country and the rest of the ...

25 Mar 2022 at 15:55

Scotland

Teachers reject pay deal and signal support for strike action

Members of Scotland’s biggest teaching union have overwhelmingly rejected a recent pay deal and indicated support for strike action. Some 94% of those who voted in the EIS ballot of members rejected the most recent 5% pay deal, ...

16 Sept 2022 at 16:14

Unions to meet Education Secretary after teachers vote to strike over pay

Union leaders are due to meet the Education Secretary for talks in a bid to avert seven days of strike action over teachers’ pay. Gillian Keegan has said she will work with head teachers to make sure schools are open for as ...

18 Jan 2023 at 00:01

Headteachers may have ‘no choice’ but to close schools amid strikes – union boss

School leaders may have “no choice” but to close their doors to pupils during strikes, the leader of a headteachers’ union has warned. Paul Whiteman, general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), ...

17 Jan 2023 at 17:37

Teachers’ strike would undermine children’s education – Downing Street

The Prime Minister does not want to see children’s education further disrupted as the biggest teachers’ union warned of industrial action over pay and workload, No 10 has said. It comes as the Education Secretary Nadhim ...

23 Jun 2022 at 15:11

Pupils told to have ‘plan B’ for getting to school for exams amid rail strikes

Pupils and parents have been warned to have a “plan B” for getting to school for their exams during the rail strikes. The major industrial action, which will see tens of thousands of rail workers walking out for most ...

20 Jun 2022 at 21:36

Majority of schools closed their doors to some pupils during teacher strikes

The majority of schools in England closed their doors to some pupils during teacher strikes, data has shown. Tens of thousands of members of the National Education Union (NEU) took part in two consecutive days of ...

16 Mar 2023 at 19:08

Keegan calls on teaching union to enter talks instead of staging strikes

Education Secretary calls on union to enter talks this week instead of strikes

The Education Secretary has called on the National Education Union (NEU) to enter formal talks on teachers’ pay this week rather than staging strikes. On the eve of teacher strikes across England, Gillian Keegan ...

14 Mar 2023 at 16:38

Government again refuses to commit to pay recommendations as strikes hit schools

The Government doubled down on its refusal to commit to accepting teachers’ pay review body proposals, despite a union boss promising an end to teaching strikes if a salary bump recommendation is offered. ...

07 Jul 2023 at 17:14

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