TEACHING unions are warning the majority of schools in Hull and the East Riding will be hit by a one-day strike on Tuesday, October 1. The NUT and NASUWT has joined forces to take action over pay, pensions, working conditions and jobs.
Some 5,000 Hull and the East Riding members of the two unions are expected to join the walk-out, forcing many schools to shut.
Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers said: "At the start of the new academic year, the last thing teachers wish to be doing is preparing for further industrial action. It is a great shame that the Education Secretary has let things get to this stage.
"With pay pensions and working conditions being systematically attacked and an Education Secretary who refuses to listen or negotiate teachers now however have no other choice. Michael Gove has demoralised an entire profession, it is time that he started to listen for the sake of teachers, pupils and education." Chris Keates, General Secretary of the NASUWT, said: "The attacks on teachers are relentless. The reward for their hard work, dedication and commitment has been a vicious assault on their pay, conditions and professionalism. Teachers will be angered by the recklessness of the Secretary of State's continuing failure to take seriously their concerns and engage in genuine discussions to address them."