The National Union of Teachers (NUT) has voted to strike alongside the biggest civil service union if pay is frozen, pensions cut or working conditions changed.
A joint walkout by NUT and Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) members would hit schools, benefits centres, hospitals, town halls, universities and other public services, the Times has reported.
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Delegates at yesterday’s NUT conference passed a resolution backing “a co-ordinated campaign of action, up to and including strike action where needed, to oppose pay freezes, threats to pensions and cuts to services.”
To a standing ovation from the assembled teachers, PCS general secretary Mark Serwotka called for a repeat of a campaign five years ago, where the combined unions forced the government to drop its plans to cut pensions.
