The IEU stands in solidarity with the members of the largest teacher’s union in the UK as they take action to reclaim the classroom and their profession
Over 220 000 teachers and school leaders voted 92% in favour of member action in the face of relentless attacks on their working conditions, pensions and jobs.
Over the past 18 months, teachers in the UK have been faced with a rising tide of excessive workload and spiraling levels of teacher redundancies, attacks on pensions, employer refusals to honour the contractual rights of teachers and extreme workload pressures.
NASUWT has reported that all of this has taken a serious toll on the morale of teachers, with almost half their members seriously considering leaving the profession.
As an effort to resist these attacks by the Coalition Governments on the teaching profession, NASUWT members will commence concerted and coordinated industrial action.
A National Day of Action will take place on 30 November 2011, followed by a series of further action which will see NASUWT members reclaim the classroom from the shackles of unnecessary paperwork, bureaucracy and debilitating accountability
The IEU supports all NASUWT members in this vital fight for the future of the teaching profession in the UK.
IEU members can send their messages of support to nasuwt@mail.nasuwt.org.uk