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Turn up or face strikes, NUT's Christine Blower tells Michael Gove
Tory Education Secretary has failed to show up at crucial meetings on teachers' pay and conditions
Teachers' leader Christine Blower told Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove to turn-up to talks over his own reforms yesterday or face renewed school strikes.
Neither Tory Education Secretary Michael Gove nor Lib Dem Schools Minister David Laws have shown up at meetings to discuss the war they are waging on teachers’ pay and conditions.
National Union of Teachers (NUT) general secretary Ms Blower was clear that the no-shows could not continue if further action was to be avoided.
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