Teachers have called for their latest pay settlement to be reviewed after inflation rates reached 4.8% yesterday, above the cap written into their pay deal. The current pay settlement, which was agreed in 2005 and runs for two years, includes an inflation trigger mechanism. The agreement specified that if inflation rose above 3.25% it was [...]
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Strike Action on Tuesday
With strike action planned by UNISON on Tuesday I’m wondering how this is affecting other schools. Current advice from NUT (as of 4.30 today when I rang to ask the local regional office) was to cross the picket line, but not to do any tasks that those on strike would normally do. The reason for [...]
Schools without Kitchens and Strikes
The BBC is reporting that five new schools in Northampton are being built without kitchens – despite government promises of extra money for school meals and places to cook them. Of six primary schools being built in the town, only one will have somewhere to prepare school meals. The LA says that it would try [...]
Strike action in Wales?
The BBC is reporting today that Teachers in Wales may strike as a result of how the teachers’ pay system is changing. The NUT say that as a result, your own pay may change – and possibly be cut. Taken from the NUT website: “Management Allowances have been frozen in value since April 2003. Now [...]
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