Questions and Answers About the STRIKE

We have a school trip organised for the day of the strike. What should we do?

It is likely that you have entered into commercial contracts to enable the trip to take place. The school trip should go ahead as planned.

What happens if there are or OFSTED or ESTYN inspections on 24 April?
If your school is to be inspected on 24 April 2008 please contact the NUT Regional Office or, in Wales, NUT Cymru.

What would happen in the case of a parents evening already being arranged for 24 April?

The School Representative should seek to change the date of the parents’ evening. Please contact the NUT Regional Office or, in Wales, NUT Cymru if you need assistance in this. Members may need to accept that such rearrangement may lead to there being more than one evening meeting in that week.

If the Union’s members vote in favour of strike action, do I have to join in?

It is your legitimate right under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act to decline any call from your Union to take industrial action. It is illegal for you to be pressurised into taking such action.
Following a positive democratic decision to take industrial action, the Union strongly urges you to take part in the action.

What if I come under pressure from colleagues to work on 24 April?

It is your legitimate right to take industrial action, following a successful ballot. We live in a free society in which, subject to compliance with the relevant legislation, it is the right employees, including teachers, to take industrial action.
In following the detail of the Union's call you will be acting properly, legally and professionally. Further, any success in the Union's campaign will benefit all teachers including those who take no part in the campaign which achieves it.