Sebastian Payne

Michael Gove: I deplore the teaching unions, but not striking teachers

With the upcoming teaching unions’ strikes, is Michael Gove battling the teachers? Just days after the new school term has begun, the unions have announced the dates of the strikes — including one in the middle of the Tory conference — while blaming the Education Secretary for not listening to the concerns of their members.

As Christine Blower, general secretary of the NUT, said on the World at One today:

‘With pay, pensions and working conditions being systematically attacked and an education secretary who refuses to listen or negotiate teachers now have no other choice’ 

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