Teachers vote for walk outs
TEACHERS have become the latest group of public sector workers to vote for strike action, threatening to bring Britain to a halt over the summer.
Members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) are threatening to stage walkouts on 30 June.
NUT general secretary Christine Blower said: “The government’s unnecessary attack on public sector pensions has convinced NUT members that there is no alternative but to support strike action.”
Tube drivers in London are due to take industrial action next week, in a wave of strikes that could bring the capital to a halt during the popular Wimbledon tennis season.
The CBI hit out at union leaders over the industrial action, attacking the voting process that secured the walkout decision and calling for a change in the law.
“This strike is an attempt to cause maximum disruption for Londoners on a minimal turnout,” said Katja Hall, CBI chief policy director.
“It can’t be right that just 29 per cent of the balloted workforce voted in favour of this strike.
“We are calling for the law to be changed so strikes can only go ahead with the backing of a significant proportion of the workforce,” she added.