A UNION which represents school leaders fear some local authorities could "break the law" this Wednesday in panic of industrial action. 

School leaders’ union NAHT Cymru said some local authorities in Wales have indicated they could "illegally" deduct the pay of non-striking workers in response to the strike action. 

 

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The teachers strike is taking place today (Wednesday, February 1); school leaders are striking over pay and funding.

Paul Whiteman, NAHT general secretary, said: “This demonstrates the completely amateur approach of local authorities that lies at the heart of the education dispute.

“Any proposal to illegally deduct wages from dedicated working people because they simply no longer know how to deal with trade unions positively is not just illegal, it is reckless.”

NAHT also commented that they have also been informed that workers that fall ill on Wednesday are being required by some local authorities to visit a doctor and obtain a fit note.

Laura Doel, director of NAHT Cymru, said: “As a union we have jumped through the hoops of the UK Government’s anti-trade union legislation to afford our members the protection to take action.

“Our action seeks to frustrate the education system while protecting the learners and continuing to provide education to children and young people. By very definition our action will seek to frustrate the administrative system, but that’s the nature of industrial action."

NAHT Cymru said it informed local authorities in good time about the upcoming action.