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Britain's teachers and civil servants to take one-day strike action
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :For the first time in 21 years, teachers in the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will come out on a one-day strike on April 24 in opposition to the governments imposition of a 2.45 percent pay award. With the current rate of inflation running at 4.1 percent this represents a pay cut in real terms. To make things worse, the pay award offered in January runs for three yearswith a 2.45 percent increase in September, and just 2.3 percent in each of the following two years.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008 :For the first time in 21 years, teachers in the National Union of Teachers (NUT) will come out on a one-day strike on April 24 in opposition to the governments imposition of a 2.45 percent pay award. With the current rate of inflation running at 4.1 percent this represents a pay cut in real terms. To make things worse, the pay award offered in January runs for three yearswith a 2.45 percent increase in September, and just 2.3 percent in each of the following two years.
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