The Mayor said that if the teachers refused to go to arbitration, they would simply have no contract.

In an interview outside the school, he said his teacher had refused to give him work to complete at home.

If the teacher refused, an existing 90-day grievance and arbitration process would begin.

My teachers had refused to understand why I could not master what came far more easily to other boys.

The teacher refused to display the poster, saying it promoted one religion over another.

He said the state was not convinced that those teachers had refused jobs specifically because of the court order.

Even the teachers at my village school refused to speak a word once they left the classroom.

Despite the court order, 200 teachers refused to return to school, with 100 calling in "sick".

But the teachers had stuck to their guns and refused to drop the essay.

Two other teachers refused to comment as they rushed to their cars and drove off.