powerpoint for nut reps - nasuwt nut joint campaign - final

7/31/2019 Powerpoint for NUT Reps - NASUWT NUT Joint Campaign - FINAL

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Protecting Teachers

Defending Education

Vote Yes in the NUT Ballot


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Why this campaign?

Never before have our pay, our pensions, ourconditions of employment and ourprofessionalism been under such direct attack

It is not an accident: this Government isdetermined to break up democratically controlledpublic education as we know it

This is a strategic response from the NUT andNASUWT - working together on anunprecedented joint campaign


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NUT & NASUWT working together


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What does the declaration cover? Workload pressures: damaging teachers health,

threatening educational standards

Pensions: unfair contribution increases and changes topension ages

Pay: proposals for local pay and performance relatedpay and the continuation of the pay freeze

Conditions: attacks on national terms and conditions ofservice, including through academisation of schools

Jobs: arising from funding cuts and curriculum reforms


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Joint declaration launched on 28th May

Joint letter to Government demanding talks

NUT ballot in summer term

NUT and NASUWT marches on 14th July

If no movement from Government

- joint non strike sanctions from Sept

- joint strike action later in the term


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What sort of non strike sanctions?

- enhancing teaching/learning while hitting out at over-the-top accountability

- such as refusing to hand in short term planning, attendmore than one directed meeting per week or cooperatewith more than 3 PM observations per year

- not withdrawal of goodwill

What sort of strike action?

- both unions will take any strike action together


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Who doesnt support us? (1)

Sir Michael Wilshaw:

If anyone says to you that 'staff morale isat an all-time low', you know you are doingsomething right."

2nd December 2011


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Who doesnt support us? (2)

Michael Gove:

those who object to the fragmentation ofthe system are "happy with failure"andare"enemies of promise

On average, 2 press notices have been issued every weekthis year which have demotivated and denigrated teachers see the full list on the NUT website


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Together We Can Win

We have already won concessions on pensions

Teachers over 50 are protected

A pension which would have been 10,000 will

now be 10,800 (but should have been 15,000)

Two days strike action has won 800 a year!

We can win more if we are united NUT & NASUWT together are 85% of teachers


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A Giant Step


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The NUT Ballot

Ballot papers arrive from June 25th

Get the votes in before the end of term, eventhough the actual close date is in September

The NUT pensions ballot is still valid the newballot is to protect pay and working conditions

The pensions campaign continues in tandemstrike action would be on both campaigns


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What are our demands?

We want negotiations covering all schools(academies included) to:

provide protection on excessive workload

limit inspections and observations

defend the current pay arrangements (opposingschool by school pay, PRP and threats to spine

points) and end the pay freeze.


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We Can Win

As a result of the pensions action, the NUT hasmore reps and more members

This means more active members to help us

mobilise Active members can visit nearby schools and

help get a YES vote

There is everything to fight for!


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Summer term activities

Demos in Oxford and Sheffield (aimedat Cameron and Clegg) on 14 July

Watch out for other activities!

powerpoint for nut reps - nasuwt nut joint campaign - final

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