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27
Apr 2023
Striking teachers hold rally in Harrogate
Dozens of teachers from across North Yorkshire converged on Harrogate today for a rally.
The National Education Union, Britain's largest teachers' union, is holding strikes today and on Tuesday as part of its latest wave of industrial action.
The NEU has organised rallies across North Yorkshire on previous strike days but today's was the first in Harrogate. Teachers from as far as Scarborough took part.
Those taking part near the war memorial told the Stray Ferret their main reason for striking was the "crisis" in education, which had left many schools struggling to get any applicants for some teaching posts.
Today's strike comes after alll four teaching unions turned the latest government offer of a one-off payment of £1,000 and a 4.3% pay rise, as well as an increase in the starting salary for teachers in England to £30,000 a year by September.
Gary McVeigh-Kaye, the North Yorkshire branch secretary of the NEU who organised today's rally, described the government offer as "an insult".
The Department for Education described it as a "fair and reasonable offer".
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