Independent sector
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NEU members have won a significant pay increase for staff at Ballard School in New Milton, Hampshire, after threatening strike action.
The union had balloted its members in a row over pay, with 84 per cent voting for strike action on a turnout of 81 per cent. Management at the independent school had imposed a four per cent pay increase.
Strikes were planned for five days in June and July but were called off after the school offered between four and 12.6 per cent, with the greatest increases going to those on the lowest pay. James Blake, NEU rep at Ballard School, said: “We are delighted.”