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The brink of strike: In conversation with the NASUWT teaching union

Manx Newscast - News Interviews in Full

Tuesday, 8 November 2022 - 16 minutes

Increased violence in Manx classrooms, crumbling school buildings, and seeing your pay reduce over the past twelve years.

Those are the reasons given by an Island teaching union as it prepares to take strike action, with the education minister warning school closures may be unavoidable.

In this edition of Newscast, Lewis Foster speaks to NASUWT Local Negotiating Secretary, Geraldine O'Neill, about misconceptions, members being subject to intimidation, communication with the education department, and life in the classroom.

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