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Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi during a visit with the President of Portugal Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa to Imperial College London, on June 11, 2022
SUPPLY teachers will not allow Tory ministers to use them to break a national schools strike, Education Secretary Nadhim Zahawi was warned today.
National Supply Teachers Network chairman Niall Bradley ridiculed Mr Zahawi’s suggestion that there was an “army” of agency workers willing to cross picket lines in the event of walkouts taking place.
The Education Secretary’s claim followed a warning from the National Education Union (NEU) and NASUWT that more than a decade of deteriorating pay and working conditions could soon lead to teachers backing industrial action.
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