Teachers and education staff worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic and education unions listened to the science and acted to protect the school community when the Government was doing neither.
We are absolutely ready to come to talks. What we cannot accept are pre-conditions which require us to pause strike action.
While no teacher wants to be on strike action we are grateful for the support of parents, and do not take it for granted.
The NEU condemns unequivocally the abduction and removal to the USA of Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife by the USA administration.
If there is no progress in discussions with NJC unions to get every support staff member into a union, then a special conference has been called for 28 February in London to consider withdrawing from the 2017 agreement and to begin active recruitment of support staff into NEU.
