Public Sector and Teachers' Unions Strike

THURSDAY 30th JUNE 2011 will see hundreds of thousands of civil and public servants and teachers on strike.

Whilst the main purpose of strike action is to protest at the government's plans to cut public sector pensions, it is expected to involve thousands of others who will be showing their opposition to the feared impact of public sector spending cuts and job losses.

The main focus of local protests will be in Hull where the PCS (Public and Commercial Services Union) will be staging a Strike Day Rally at the Quality Hotel (formerly Royal Station Hotel) at 10:00am.

The effects and impacts of the strike locally are difficult to predict but local Conservative MP Graham Stuart has listed school closures on his website which at the time of writing indicated that Burstwick Primary School, South Holderness School and Withernsea High School are CLOSED. The strikes may affect classes in other schools so it would be best to check with your school if you do not know already.

Also of interest to those following the events will be the debate that took place on Channel 4 News on Monday 27th June between Graham Stuart, who is also the Chair of the House of Commons Education Select Committee and Kevin Courtney the Deputy General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers: