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# Teachers vote overwhelmingly to strike
- URL: https://www.europeans.today/2023/01/16/teachers-vote-overwhelmingly-in-favour-of/
- Published: 2023-01-16T17:25:58.000Z
- Updated: 2023-01-16T17:26:22.000Z
- Description: Teachers’ strikes will result in the closure of the majority of English and Welsh schools.
- Author: TODAY
- Tags: Strikes, Education, Teachers, Schools, UK Strikes, National Education Union (NEU)

### Teachers’ strikes will result in the closure of the majority of English and Welsh schools.

  
The *National Education Union* (NEU) has unanimously voted in favour of strike action, which will result in the closure or partial closure of the majority of schools in England and Wales.

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###### The results are in. | [CREDIT: TWITTER/NEU](...)

  
This action will commence on 1 February, in accordance with the *TUC*’s national *“protect the right to strike”* day of action, and will be followed by a series of regional strikes later in the month.

> 🚨 The results are in! 🚨  
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> In our ballot, [@NEUnion](https://twitter.com/NEUnion?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today) members have voted in overwhelming numbers to take historic strike action for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise.  
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> We have to save our schools.
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> — National Education Union (@NEUnion) [January 16, 2023](https://twitter.com/NEUnion/status/1615031644393734145?ref%5Fsrc=twsrc%5Etfw&ref=europeans.today)

In [a statement](http://www.payupsos.com/?ref=europeans.today), the *NEU* made it clear that this strike action is necessary to protect the rights of teachers and school support staff:

*“Members of the National Education Union (NEU) have voted to strike, joining nurses, ambulance workers and other working people who are taking a stand over pay and services.*

*“We do not want to go on strike – we want to be in the classroom, teaching and supporting our amazing children and young people.*

*“But there is a crisis of recruitment and retention within the school system, a decade of falling pay is a key reason for this and this needs to be addressed by the Government.”*

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##### Sources

▪ **Text:* This piece was first published in PMP Magazine on 16 January 2023.* 
*▪ *Cover:* Adobe Stock/[Monkey Business](https://stock.adobe.com/uk/contributor/200599234/monkey-business?load%5Ftype=author&prev%5Furl=detail&ref=europeans.today).*