Pay Ballot Special

Edition
The 74th Newsletter For ALL Plymouth NUT Members November 2007

PAY: What can we do?

eases to
e cle ar its de sir e to hold teachers’ pay incr
ad ans to control
The Government has m 08 to 2011, as part of its pl
nu m fro m 20 ar-
2% or less per an
d m ult i-y ea r se ttlem ent on teachers is a ye
impose
public spending. This 4%
pa y cut. In fla tio n m ea nwhile has risen to over
on-year
ic and
he r pu bli c se cto r wo rkers such as the Publ
th ot holding a
The NUT has joined wi UN IS ON in resisting these cuts by
CS ) an d ars, later this
Civil Servants Union (P th e first in over twenty ye
r st rik e ac tio n,
national ballot fo
term
real terms?
es e be lo w in fla tio n cu ts meant for teachers in
What have th
e off
fie d te ac he r is cu rre ntly £700 per year wors
♦ A newly qu ali
£1000 worse off
♦ A main scale teacher is per day
los ing on av er ag e £3 7 per month— over £1
♦ Teachers are Ma na gement Allowance has
not
‘sa fe gu ar de d’
♦ Anyone on a so-called
April 2003
seen an increase since r graduates.
gin th eir ca re er ea rn ing 10% less than othe
♦ Teachers be e gap has widened to m
ore than 20%
ye ar s in th e jo b, th
After 5
t should be
y ta lk of pa y re str ain t from this governmen pay
Remember that an ct th at Cit y bo sses received average
berin g fa
tempered with the so lti ng in co llective Xmas bonuses
of £14b.
ye ar , re su
increases of 37% last
SO WHAT CAN WE DO?
school
ctor union meetings in
♦ Organise joint public se ow the results
dic ative ba llo ts in school and let us kn
♦ Ho ld in
tio n wh en that ballot form drop
s
r st rike ac
♦ Be sure to vote YES fo early December
in
through your letterbox
Ian Williams Barrie Frost
Dave Clinch Wtä|w fÅtÄx National Executive
Secretary
Secretary Secretary & Torbay Secretary
Cornwall NUT
Plymouth NUT
Devon NUT
 TIME FOR ACTION

YOU DESERVE TO BE
A PROPERLY PAID
PROFESSIONAL

MAKE SURE YOU USE

YOUR VOTE
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