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Why is the NUT balloting?. Government policy on teachers’ pay - below-inflation pay increases since 2004, to be repeated in 2009 and 2010 higher increases permitted in the private sector The result? real terms pay cuts, affecting every teacher and hitting the youngest hardest - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Why is the NUT balloting?
Government policy on teachers’ pay - below-inflation pay increases since 2004, to be repeated
in 2009 and 2010 higher increases permitted in the private sector
The result? real terms pay cuts, affecting every teacher and hitting
the youngest hardest growing signs of recruitment problems
Fair pay for teachers?
Pay and inflation teachers’ pay has fallen by around 6% in real terms
since 2004
The pay gap between teaching and other professions Starting pay c.£3000 less than for graduates generally IDS research shows this gap grows by a further £5000
or more over the first five years teachers’ pay does not keep pace with other graduates
even within the public sector
The NUT’s pay claim
The NUT seeks:
an increase which at the very least restores the losses due to inflation since 2004
an increase of £3000 or 10%, whichever is higher, to restore pay to proper professional levels
STRB review of teachers’ pay
STRB due to review pay for 2009 & 2010
But STRB has already refused to restore pay losses in 2006 and 2007
Who speaks up for teachers?
The “social partnership” teacher unions – NASUWT, ATL, NAHT, ASCL and Voice – have agreed with the DCSF and employers to make no proposals on teachers’ pay at this time
The NUT is pressing now for a significant increase in pay for teachers
Your support for the NUT ballot will strengthen our case
What the Government thinks you’re worth
September 2008 increase of 2.45 per cent
September 2009 and September 2010 further increases of 2.3 per cent
Inner and Outer London slightly higher increases for some - but still below
inflation
Teachers’ pay and inflation
2008 pay increase - 2.45% inflation currently at 4.8% (August RPI)
2007 pay increase - 2.5% inflation at 4.1%
2006 pay increases - 2.5% inflation at 3.6%
2005 pay increase - 3.25% staged over 17 months also below inflation
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Teacher pay
Teachers’ pay and inflation 2004- 08
Teachers’ pay and inflation
Which inflation measure? Government websites say the RPI is “the most familiar
… measure of inflation ” and “commonly used for wage bargaining”
the Government prefers CPI – which excludes housing and other costs - but now CPI is rising too
Public sector pay increases do not cause inflation!
Examples of inflation costs
How much have we lost?
If pay had matched inflation… pay for NQTs would be over £1000 higher pay for UPS3 teachers would be £2000 higher pay for leadership teachers would be higher by £2000 or
much more
Cumulative pay loss for UPS3 teacher almost £4000 by the end of this year - and rising
The pay gap from day 1
Incomes Data Services research
Starting pay
NQTs get almost £3,000 less than the average graduate starting salary
this gap has grown significantly since 2004
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Average graduate
Graduate pay data: Incomes Data Services
Starting pay: the gap
The pay gap from day 1
Incomes Data Services research
Pay progression
teachers will have fallen behind other graduates by a further £5000 or more when they get to M6
they even fall behind by a further £1300 to £3000 within the public sector
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Graduates
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Graduate pay data: Incomes Data
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Pay progression: the gap grows
Pay progression: comparisons
Pay progression: comparisons
Recruitment & retention
Teachers’ pay is affecting teacher supply applications for 2008 primary & secondary teacher
training down
Too many NQTs leave the profession “we have a significant wastage rate among recently
qualified teachers” – Ed Balls, May 2008
Private sector pay
No Government pay limit…
private sector pay deals rising by 4% chief executives’ pay now 100 times average earnings bonus payments last year were worth £14 billion pounds
2006 & 2007 - a breach of trust
2006 & 2007 – the “trigger mechanism” review of 2006 and 2007 pay increases was promised if
inflation was higher than expected
2006 – inflation trigger met Government forbade STRB to carry out a review
2007 – inflation trigger met STRB refused to seek permission to carry out a review
Teachers losing out
TLR payments system 30,000 fewer teachers holding responsibility payments
by March 2007 many more to lose responsibility payments when
safeguarding ends in December 2008 pay losses from £1638 to £11,275 p.a
Teachers losing out
Upper Pay Scale points 4 and 5 introduced in 1999 – abolished in 2004 100,000 teachers on UPS3 have lost a potential £3,400
p.a extra still only 50 or so teachers on the “replacement” ETS
Teachers losing out
Housing costs teachers on average pay won’t get a mortgage for the
average house in over 3/4 of towns they won’t even get a mortgage for the average flat in
almost half of towns mortgage repayments and rent are also rising
Teachers’ workload
Real terms pay cuts - but no cuts in workload primary and secondary teachers still work on average
50+ hours per week STRB’s workload survey showed workload actually
increased last year NUT campaign focuses on pay but NUT will support
members in individual schools on workload too
Teachers’ workload
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The NUT’s campaign so far
April 24th and afterwards April 24th - the NUT’s one day strike raised the profile of
teachers’ pay nationally June 9th - TUC Lobby of Parliament
This term the campaign for Fair Pay for Teachers continues ballot for discontinuous strike action
Help the NUT’s campaign
vote “yes” in the ballot organise a meeting in your school and persuade your
NUT colleagues to vote “yes” in the ballot talk about pay and workload with everyone in your staff
room use the NUT facility to send an e-mail letter to your MP
– go to www.teachers.org.uk
The ballot timetable
6 October ballot opens
3 November ballot closes
Support the NUT ballot