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MORE than 100 teachers at two £13,000-a-year private schools in north-east England have launched strike action against being fired and rehired with a worse pension scheme.
Members of teaching unions the NEU and NASUWT at Dame Allan’s Schools in Newcastle walked out on Tuesday this week. They will strike again next Tuesday and Wednesday, March 26-27 and April 16-18.
NEU northern regional secretary Beth Farhat said: “Dame Allan Schools has no justification for its plan to fire and rehire teachers on worse terms, which will be a disaster for staff, for future recruitment and for pupils.”
MATT WRACK issues a clarion call for a rejuvenation of public services for the sake of our communities and our young people
With 170,000 children living in poverty in north-east England and teachers leaving in droves over 20 per cent real-terms pay cuts since 2010, all while private companies siphon off billions, it is time to unite and fight for education, writes MATT WRACK