In January, the National Education Union (NEU) announced that teachers across England and Wales would be striking across seven dates in February and March.
The announcement of the teacher strikes have been met with discussions about the factors that have led to the strike action. Many educators have been coming together to highlight some of the struggles they face on a daily basis as a result...
Lots of parents I know are currently feeling a bit nervous about the upcoming Teacher strikes. Mostly because many of us won’t actually know if our children will be going into school until the morning of the actual day, due to teachers not being obliged to tell their school if they plan to strike beforehand.
Many parents will be faced with having to work from home, rely on grandparents or...
The news this week that teachers from the National Education Union had voted for strike action in England and Wales will have left lots of working parents and carers – and their employers – wondering how they are going to manage if and when local schools close.
While some families may have relatives or friends they can lean on to help with childcare, others may have to take time off...
On 16 January the National Education Union (NEU), one of the trade unions representing the teaching profession, announced its intention to strike. Not enough members of two other unions - the National Association of Schoolmasters/Union of Women Teachers (NASUWT) and the National Association of Headteachers - voted in favour of taking industrial action.
