Teachers are threatening to go on strike at a London secondary school after a colleague was sacked for wearing trainers and tracksuit trousers to work.
Adrian Swain, 56, was fired a week before Christmas from St Paul’s Way, a comprehensive in Tower Hamlets, East London.
The special needs teacher had refused to stop wearing trainers and tracksuit [...]
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Strike threatened after teacher is fired for wearing trainers
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