'If this doesn't work folks, we can do this again.'
A leading teaching union has warned that further strike action could be on the cards as teachers joined health workers on the picket lines earlier today for the first time in years.
The NASUWT union is calling for a 12% increase in salaries while the INTO has said teachers hope to encourage employers and the Department of Education to the negotiating table. Many teachers in Northern Ireland were offered a 3.2% rise in 2021/22 and 2022/23, He told Belfast Live: "Since 2010, teachers have faced a cut in pay in real terms of 20%, the highest of any public sector worker. If you take into account mortgages, energy payments, childcare and cost of transport, teachers are left with very little in their pay packet at the end of the month.
Also on the picket lines was Catherine Maguire, Vice Principal at St John the Baptist Primary School, who said: "It's very rare for teachers to take this action but we're out to secure a better pay deal and better service for our children and young people.
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