Teacher strike action vote looms in Northern Ireland [belfasttelegraph.co.uk]
- Published: 27 October 2011
The majority of Northern Ireland's 1,200 schools could be forced to close next month if tens of thousands of teachers vote to go on strike in a row over pensions and education cuts.
All five teaching unions here - NASUWT, NAHT, INTO, UTU and ATL - have now decided to ballot their members on a mass walkout on Wednesday, November 30.
The decision to ballot members was taken after the Executive gave the green light earlier this month to proceed with proposed changes to the Teachers' Pension scheme.
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