A proud moment as NASUWT member @deb_egg speaks at @The_TUC Rally in Westminster. She told the packed hall that teachers deserve better pay and contrasted repeated pay cuts for the public sector with rises for MPs.
So today our catering provider increased next year's prices by a yearly additional cost of £18,091 + they then added 10p onto each dinner. We are a two-form entry Primary school and our budget hasn't increased. These rises are unsustainable @NAHTnews
A 5% pay award will result in teachers' pay being worth on average 25% less than in 2010.
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12 years of real-terms pay cuts have taken their toll.
Too many teachers just can't make ends meet any more.
It doesn't need to be this way.
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To preempt the government rhetoric on possible teacher strikes, when they say we’re ruining children’s ed. since 2010, the value of teacher pensions has reduced by 1/3, contributions increased, real terms pay down around 18%, schools open throughout lockdown
A 5% pay award will result in teachers' pay being worth on average 25% less than in 2010.
We think you deserve better. Agree?
Back the ballot for a #BetterDealForTeachers
I often say the most mind-bending fact about climate is that half of all emissions came in the last 25 years. Maybe even more startling: the weight of that carbon is more than the total mass of everything ever built by humans and still standing on earth. https://t.co/BOaPHQW0cr
Why is the House of Commons restaurant so heavily subsidised by tax payers money and yet some children can’t afford school meals 🤔 ?
I’d really prefer to give my taxes to pay for school meals.
I don’t think I like the way my taxes are used 😬
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Together we can win a #betterdealforteachers on pay
We have been undervalued by governments for far too long.
Enough is enough.
It's time for the fully funded pay rise we deserve.
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🚨 An A&E doctor in Yorkshire speaks up 🚨
"The last 2 weeks we have had to ration the plug sockets for patients receiving intravenous infusions via pump.
One patient sat on a chair for 27 hours before even getting a trolley (with swollen legs). A patient with sepsis missed...
NEW 🚨 | Wages are now worth £63 a month LESS than in 2008.
The Conservatives have presided over the longest squeeze on earnings in modern history.
General Election now.
Shell just reported profits of £89 MILLION per day!
Such super-profits are why your bills are so high.
We need to hike the Windfall Tax so North Sea oil and gas giants don't make a single penny in excess profits off the back of higher energy bills for millions of people.