Teachers' unions vote for strike action over government pay cap

Branches of NEU and NASUWT teachers’ unions move towards industrial action to lift 1% capBritain’s two major teaching unions have started the clock ticking on industrial action for schools in England and Wales after votes at conferences in Birmingham and Brighton.Delegates at the National Education Union (NEU), the section of the newly merged union formerly known as the National Union of Teachers, backed a motion in Brighton to proceed to a ballot of members over possible strikes. Co