NOW TEACHERS & NURSES JOIN PAY FIGHT

SUMMER OF DISCONTENT. STRIKE ACTION FEARS IN BATTLE FOR A FAIR WAGE AS LORIES FAIL TO JOIN TALKS

-  ALETHA ADU

TEACHERS and nurses could be the next to stage walkouts, unions have warned as the country faces a week of strike chaos on the railways.

The National Education Union said unless teachers received a pay offer closer to inflation it would plan to ballot its 450,000 members.

Unison boss Christina McAnea said the Government had a simple choice, to make a "sensible pay award... or risk a potential dispute" in hospitals.

TORIES ARE ON STRIKE. TRANSPORT SECRETARY REFUSES TO HELP AVERT RAIL WALKOUTS. NURSES AND TEACHERS SET FOR BALLOTS IN FIGHT FOR FAIR PAY

LABOUR accused Boris Johnson's government of failing to do its job as ministers again refused to step in to help stop the rail strikes due to begin tomorrow.

Industrial action now looks set to spread to schools and hospitals as teachers and nurses demand fair pay.

Thousands of public sector workers rallied in Parliament Square on Saturday to call for more support.

Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Lisa Nandy called on Tory ministers to "listen seriously" to workers' concerns.

She said: "It's not about whether workers go on strike, it's about the fact we have a Government that's currently on strike and not doing its job.