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Around 300,000 teacher and support staff members will be balloted over pay between 28 October 2022 and 13 January 2023.
Pay up: teachers to be formally balloted
In our POSTAL ballot from 31 October to 13 January. VOTE NOW The National Education Union and our sister unions are now undertaking formal strike ballots to demand a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise for teachers. Our preliminary electronic ballot confirmed the overwhelming strength of your feeling about the pay cut. And yet the Government still fails to act. To industrial action for a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise. VOTE YES
What next? Please post your ballot paper
n The union will issue members with a formal postal ballot
asking you to vote YES in favour of strike action to win a fully funded, above-inflation pay rise.
n You will receive the ballot paper from 31 October onwards. The
envelope will be marked YOUR NEU BALLOT PAPER ENCLOSED.
n If your ballot paper doesn’t arrive, please email us at
ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk as soon as possible.
n Please vote as soon as you receive the ballot paper, as postal
delivery may be slow due to strikes by Royal Mail.
n Our sister unions the NASUWT and NAHT are also balloting
their members.
n By law, a formal ballot for action needs to be postal. n At least 50 per cent of eligible members need to vote, with at least
