Manchester, UK 26th March, 2014. Paula Hayes, Alica Park, and Mel MacNeil at the Teachers Day of Action. Hundreds of teachers across the North West out on strike on Wednesday, forcing the closure of many schools. The NUT are boycotting classes as part of an ongoing dispute over pay, pension cuts and working conditions. Teachers have been holding a number of rallies across the North West as part of their industrial action.
Striking teachers gathered in Centenary Square prior to commencing their parade through the city centre, the one-day walkout, called by the National Union of Teachers (NUT) — one of the biggest teaching unions — is the latest move in its continuing campaign of industrial action. It is in protest against changes to terms and conditions, which they say are damaging children’s education. Michael Gove has written to seven union bosses setting out the progress he believed had been made in talks between the department for education and teaching unions. In it, he said he wanted to underline his commitment to the talks process, but the NUT said the letter showed how little progress had been made. The NUT has been embroiled in its dispute with the Government for more than two years, and staged a series of regional strikes with the NASUWT teaching union last year.
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