New strike warning as teachers and NHS threaten action in autumn

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Thousands of people marched through central London yesterday demanding government action over the cost of living crisis (Picture: Getty)

Teachers and NHS staff are threatening to strike over pay later this year amid fears of another ‘Winter of Discontent’.

As England braces for ‘the biggest rail strike in modern history’ next week, unions representing health and education workers warned of potential industrial action in the autumn.

The National Education Union (NEU) has said it is preparing to hold a ballot of its 450,000 members,which could lead to strikes in schools across the country.

Kevin Courtney, joint general secretary, told the Observer that the NEU would ballot its members to gauge reactions unless the government offers ‘significantly’ above the 3% that education secretary Nadhim Zahawi put forward earlier this year.

‘If there is no significant improvement on 3% – which will leave an 8% gap with inflation this year alone – we cannot avoid a ballot,’ he said.

‘The mood among teachers has changed. Last year the issue was mainly workload. This year it is workload and pay.

‘Teachers are doing calculations to see what their hourly pay works out at. Pay is already down 20% on 2010.’

A notice warning of industrial action at Westminster London Underground station (Picture: PA)

NASUWT, another teachers’ union, also warned that it would it ballot members on industrial action from November in England, Scotland and Wales.

Millions of healthcare workers are set to receive their annual pay offer soon and there are fears that it will fall short of inflation, which is currently running at 9.2%.

Unison, the biggest union representing NHS staff, stressed that the pay offer could lead to a mass exodus of employees combined with industrial action in already stretched hospitals.

Its general secretary Christina McAnea said: ‘The government has a simple choice. Either it makes a sensible pay award, investing in staff and services and reducing delays for patients.

‘Or it risks a potential dispute, growing workforce shortages and increased suffering for the sick.’

ð¨BREAKING: If teachers’ pay away awards don’t meet our demands, the @NASUWT will ballot members to take industrial action from November in England, Scotland & Wales.

— NASUWT (@NASUWT) June 18, 2022

It comes as half of Britain’s rail lines will shut completely during next-week’s strikes.

With pay talks failing to produce a breakthrough, industrial action is expected to cause havoc between June 20 and 26.

Thousands of people marched through central London yesterday demanding action over the cost of living crisis, including NHS workers.

Banners reading ‘Cut war not welfare’ and ‘End fuel poverty, insulate homes now’ were carried by demonstrators.

Others read ‘Nurses not nukes’ and ‘Don’t get angry, get active’.

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