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Jersey schools will be affected by further teachers' strikes next month, it has been confirmed.
The National Education Union has stated that members will walk out as part of the ongoing dispute over pay, having cancelled three days of strike action this week as a gesture of goodwill following the disruption caused by school closures as a result of Storm Ciarán.
Those strikes are scheduled to go ahead on 12, 13 and 14 December.
The other main teachers' union, the NASUWT, is also in dispute with the Government over pay and announced earlier this week that members would escalate their "action short of strike action" with effect from Monday, affecting a range of extra-curricular activities. However, they then decided to suspend it for one week to allow for further talks.
Several schools had contacted parents to outline changes to the normal school timetable, but this afternoon it was confirmed that the planned action has been suspended for one week.
Pictured: The NASUWT union noted that the Government had made a further award to members of the NAHT recently "despite the continual statements made to NASUWT that there is no further funding available for 2023".
The current offer from the States Employment Board (SEB) – the official employer of all public sector workers – is for a pay rise of 7.9%, effective from January of this year.
NEU members have already staged three days of strike action so far this term.
Responding to the NASUWT's decision to allow further talks this afternoon, SEB Vice-Chair Constable Andy Jehan said: “We welcome the decision by the NASUWT to suspend the escalation of action they were planning to take on Monday for one week.
"We will continue to talk with them in the meantime, in an effort to find a solution.”
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