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Strike teachers meet over dispute | Strike teachers meet over dispute |
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Teachers striking at Movilla High school are to meet on Thursday to decide whether they want to continue the dispute. | Teachers striking at Movilla High school are to meet on Thursday to decide whether they want to continue the dispute. |
Their union criticised employers as "obdurate and stubborn", after two days of talks at the Labour Relations Agency failed to find a resolution. | Their union criticised employers as "obdurate and stubborn", after two days of talks at the Labour Relations Agency failed to find a resolution. |
Twenty five teachers have been on strike for nine days. | Twenty five teachers have been on strike for nine days. |
The dispute arose when their pay was docked for refusing to teach a pupil whom they claim assaulted one of them. | The dispute arose when their pay was docked for refusing to teach a pupil whom they claim assaulted one of them. |
Speaking from a picket line at the school, NASUWT representative Jerry Bartlett blamed the board for the stalemate. | |
"They have rejected, without good reason, five different sets of proposals from NASUWT for the settlement of the dispute," he said. |