Vote Yes Yes in the NUT Ballot

 Never before have our pay, our pensions, our conditions of employment and our professionalism been under such direct attack  It is not an accident: this Government is determined to break up democratically controlled public education as we know it  This is a strategic response from the NUT and NASUWT - working together on an unprecedented joint campaign

What does the declaration cover?  Workload pressures: damaging teachers’ health, threatening educational standards  Pensions: unfair contribution increases and changes to pension ages  Pay: proposals for local pay and performance related pay and the continuation of the pay freeze  Conditions: attacks on national terms and conditions of service, including through academisation of schools  Jobs: arising from funding cuts and curriculum reforms

 This is a campaign that we have to win  68 is too late  Work Longer, Pay More, Get Less Will Unfold  NUT has been at the forefront of the campaign throughout  We have worked hard to bring NASUWT into joint campaigning  85% of teachers will make a difference  We need to support the demonstrations on July 14th

 2 nd year of the freeze starts in September  2 more pension contribution increases  3 more years of below inflation rises announced  Local pay proposals being developed  Performance pay proposals being developed  OFSTED to enforce PRP  Heads oppose the local pay proposals but not PRP  How much can teachers take?

 Latest Survey Says Teachers are working 56 hours per week  Government wants to replace Performance Management with more punitive Appraisal system  It wants more teachers in Capability  Limits on things like Lesson Observations being removed  OFSTED is even more of a Reign Of Terror  We need joint action at school level to resist

 The Government is determined to take local democratic accountability out of education  It is forcing schools to become Academies  It is bringing in private providers to run Free Schools  It wants schools to compete, not collaborate  It wants to remove national pay and conditions for teachers

Joint declaration launched on 28 th May Joint letter to Government demanding talks NUT ballot in summer term NUT and NASUWT marches on 14 th July If no movement from Government - joint non strike sanctions from Sept - joint strike action later in the term

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, attend more than one directed meeting per week or cooperate with more than 3 PM observations per year - not withdrawal of goodwill What sort of strike action? - both unions will take any strike action together - We will also seek to work with other unions

Sir Michael Wilshaw: “If anyone says to you that 'staff morale is at an all-time low', you know you are doing something right." 2nd December 2011

Michael Gove: those who object to the fragmentation of the system are "happy with failure" and are"enemies of promise” On average, 2 press notices have been issued every week this year which have demotivated and denigrated teachers – see the full list on the NUT website

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

 Ballot papers arrive from June 25 th  Get the votes in before the end of term, even though the actual close date is in September  The NUT pensions ballot is still valid – the new ballot is to protect pay and working conditions  The pensions campaign continues in tandem – strike action would be on both campaigns

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 (opposing school by school pay, PRP and threats to spine points) and  end the pay freeze.  AND DEFEND OUR PENSIONS

As a result of the pensions action, the NUT has more 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  Actually, 2 YES votes, one to each question Together, we will win!

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