Countdown to the huge strike

Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) will stage a one-day strike over pension row at the end of June.

The Government’s pension proposals will leave teachers working longer, losing serious money from their pay every month to support the new scheme and receiving less when they retire. These new plans are also giving teachers the chance to question if it is all worth it.

Teachers’ ballots show overwhelming support for strike: 83 per cent of ATL members and 92 per cent of NUT members voted in favour of the biggest day of strike since the government came into power. June 30 will also be the first time in the history of the ATL that the teaching union takes national strike action.

Civil servants and other public sector staff will be joining hundreds of thousands of teachers and lecturers who backed a walkout in protest at pension changes. About 750,000 workers are espected to take part in the strike, while thousands of schools will be hit by major disruption, job centres will be closed and queues will form at airports.

Meanwhile, more than 1 million workers in the UK’s biggest public sector union are prepared for protracted strikes over pension changes, job, pay and service cuts. The proposed action is likely to take place later this year.