Members engaged with their union (EIS) completed surveys, attended rallies & voted YES in ballot for national strike action.

Pay Survey Closes 5pm Fri

Scottish teachers accept 13.5% pay rise after ‘successful campaign’ – The Scotsman

More reasons to complete this 30 second survey and vote YES for National Strike Action:

1. Lose Up To £250,000 When You Retire

2. Inflation At 8% & Rising Plus Energy Bills & NI Going Up In April

3. MPs voted to increase their pay by £2,000 to £84,000, up from £65,700 in 2010 (+22%). Teachers pay down by -17% in real terms since 2010.

Not got the survey link then email ballotenquiries@neu.org.uk with your d.o.b, postcode, school and email.

1. Lose Up To £250,000 When You Retire 

If you teach to 68 (when you can retire and get the full pension), the last 10 years of pay cuts in real terms will add up to your wages being reduced by a staggering … OMG … if you are:

Age 50 ~ £123,000
Age 40 ~ £183,000
Age 30 ~ £240,000

2. Inflation At 8% & Rising Plus Energy Bills & NI Going Up In April

Our pay has been cut in real terms by ~ £6,000 in the last 10 years whilst MP’s pay has gone up by £18,300!

Inflation is now at 8 % RPI and rising. National Insurance and Energy Bill are set to increase massively this April.  The cost of living in London makes all this worse. That’s why the DfE has now failed for 8 consecutive years to meet its recruitment target for new ECTs (formerly known as NQTS).

In addition;

* A third of all teachers leave the profession for good within 5 years.

* 60% of us are serious thinking of leaving the profession.

* Women, ‘Black’* Disabled and older staff all suffer lower progression rates.

* Moving on to UPS has got progressively harder each year.

That’s Why Our Profession, For The Sake Of Our Students, Needs A Proper Pay Rise

Our pay campaign starts with this survey. For it to be effective we need you to complete it. We are campaigning for 8% for all this year not just ECTs and 8% next year.

*The NEU uses Black in a political context to encompass “all members who self-identify as Black, Asian and any other minority ethnic groups who do not identify themselves as white“.

“UK inflation jumps to highest level in 30 years” Plus BIG National Insurance and Energy Bill Increases In April

3. MPs vote to increase their pay by £2,000 to £84,000, up from £65,700 in 2010 (+22%). Teachers pay down by -17% in real terms since 2010.

When we were learning how to create and deliver online lessons, they partied!

One Rule For Them Another For Us!