NUT write to Nicky Morgan
The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has written to the Education Secretary outlining the reasons for their strike on 5 July and asking for meaningful discussions to resolve the issues that are negatively affecting education.
Stating a lack of progress in talks, the NUT has issued that it has no choice but to proceed with strikes, citing funding cuts, teacher working conditions, increased class sizes, and teacher terms and conditions as motivating factors.
In the letter, Kevin Courtney, acting general secretary of the NUT, listed three appeals to avoid action: to fund schools sufficiently to cover increased staff costs; to tell academies thatchy must at least have regard to the national terms and conditions; and to promise meaningful talks to look for a full resolution of the dispute.
Courtney said: “Now more than ever in these uncertain times we need a properly funded and staffed education system. I have written to Nicky Morgan asking her to take actions that would protect our children’s education. Our country’s pupils and teachers deserve a positive response.”
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