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TEACHERS were set to walk out of their Yorkshire secondary school on strike today over wide-ranging problems with the managers.
It is the first of six strikes announced at St Wilfrid’s Catholic High School in Featherstone by teaching unions the NUT and NASUWT and public-sector union Unison.
Discontent has grown among the academy’s staff over a range of issues, including disciplinary action taken against two union members.
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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