Interesting to see how many teachers have not turned up for work today given that the ballot was taken by the union in 2011 for this strike action on the basis of opposition to pension changes. The turnout for the ballot was quite low. Loss of a day's pay in the mouth of Christmas won't be popular when other teachers will remain in school and have little affect on fully closing schools. Few if any primary schools will be affected and so child care for parent will be much less of an issue for older children.
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