UK: Teachers to strike at academies

by E Wayne Ross on June 5, 2009

BBC News: Teachers to strike at academies

More than 120 teachers at two newly-designated academy schools in Essex are due to strike over fears of increased working hours and reduced holidays.

Members of the teacher unions the NUT and NASUWT at Chalvedon and Barstable secondary schools in Basildon are due to strike on Tuesday 19 May.