Union backs airgun teacher's job fight.(News) From: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) | Date: August 16, 2005 | COPYRIGHT 2005 Coventry Newpapers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

A TEACHER jailed for firing an air pistol during a stand-off with yobs is to claim unfair dismissal after losing her job, her union announced today.

Linda Walker, aged 48, was dismissed from her pounds 30,000 a year teaching job in May after a disciplinary hearing before education bosses in Salford, Greater Manchester.

She lost an appeal against her sacking from New Park High in Eccles, Salford, last month.

The NASUWT teachers' union announced that...

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