ACTION CAN WIN - VOTE YES IN THE NUT BALLOT!

Teachers travelled from across the country to London for the Classroom Teacher National meeting on September 27th. The main discussion was on how to help win the NUT ballot on pay. The poster below takes up the main issues that were raised at the meeting. Please circulate it in your school:

CTpayposter.pdf

VOTE YES TO STOP THE PAY ROBBERY
£1000’s have already been stolen from you thanks to four years of below-inflation pay awards for teachers. Unless we act, our real pay will be cut again and again.
VOTE YES TO DEFEND TEACHERS
For too long, teachers have been expected to put up with everything that has been thrown at us. On April 24th we made a stand at last. We mustn’t back down now.
VOTE YES TO DEFEND EDUCATION
40% of new teachers leave within the first two years.
Applications for teacher training are falling.
Children need teachers. Teachers need decent pay.
VOTE YES TO TAKE OUR MESSAGE TO THE PUBLIC
We’re not just fighting for ourselves. Financial crisis means that more public services will be cut, jobs lost, wages kept down - unless trade unions take action. Our vote can encourage others to act too.

ACTION CAN WIN! VOTE YES!
• April 24th was a real show of strength - we need to show that strength again!
• Some colleagues’ debts and bills are already so high that it can be tough to lose pay on strike days - but that’s exactly why we have to act. So vote YES - and collect for a hardship fund so that every NUT colleague can take part.
• The Government will say they can’t afford to pay us - but our pay claim only costs £ millions - compared to the £ billions being used to bail out the banks.
• Why should we pay for the mess? The money can be found - but only if we apply enough pressure. A determined campaign of strike action - linking up with other unions too - can make the Government think again.