Teacher strikes could close schools by summer [Guardian.co.uk]
- Published: 19 April 2011
Strikes could close schools as early as June after teachers backed a ballot for industrial action over the government's proposed changes to pensions. Delegates at the Association of Teachers and Lecturers' annual conference passed a motion condemning proposed reforms that will see public sector workers paying more towards their pensions, retiring later and receiving less when they do.
The union's executive will draw up plans for a strike ballot and consider the timing of any industrial action later today.
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