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Talks open between unions and DfE as NASUWT pledges 'no strikes this term'

The NASUWT has said it will not strike this term after the news that key provisions in the teachers’ Workload Agreement are to be retained and after education secretary Michael Gove agreed to meetings with the unions to discuss ongoing concerns.

The NASUWT has said it will not strike this term after the news that key provisions in the teachers’ Workload Agreement are to be retained and after education secretary Michael Gove agreed to meetings with the unions to discuss ongoing concerns.

Meanwhile, the National Union of Teachers (NUT) has said that plans to walk out on March 26 remain in place, but that the imminent talks “could avert a strike”.

Since last year, the NASUWT and NUT have been involved in an ongoing campaign of industrial action in protest at changes to teachers’ pay and conditions and pensions, including the move to performance-related pay.

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