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SOME LOCAL NUT EVENTS . .
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Local
Association Meetings…
Southern Derbyshire
Tuesday 24th
January 2012 – AGM + General Meeting
The Spanker,
West
Derbyshire
Tuesday 14th February 2012
– AGM
Highfields School Staffroom (Lumsdale Site)
High Peak
Thursday 26th January 2012
– AGM
Venue TBC
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Remember
The government wants us to
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Work longer
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Pay More
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Get Less
And we say NO!
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These meetings
discuss topics of importance for teachers and involve
members in our democratic structure. They are
particularly important with industrial action pending..
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Pensions Update
John Holmes, National Executive member for our
division has e-mailed all members for whom we have an
e-mail address with a special report from the national
executive. The full report is available
here.
In summary, the National Executive held a Special
Meeting on Thursday 12th January to consider the
position after the talks in December.
Full details of those talks can be found
here
but the discussion on Monday
19th the position the Union took, because of the
absences of important paragraphs and annexes, was to
reserve its position on the grounds that the document
was incomplete as well as unacceptable. The NASUWT,
UCU and UCAC also took that position.
In the meeting on 12th January the
Executive endorsed the steps taken by the negotiating
team on 19 December. They further agreed to recommend
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a) that the Union cannot agree to
the "heads of agreement" document because there has been
no movement on any of the key areas the union has
identified:
b) that the Union seek a meeting
with Michael Gove and other willing unions.
c) that the Union appeal against
the high court ruling on CPI/RPI
d) that the Union immediately
disseminate information on the decisions of the December
executive including urgently writing to school reps and
polling members via email
f) that the Union start
preparations for a survey for non-strike sanctions and
that this be on a wider basis than pensions.
g) that the Union propose to other
unions a joint program of publicity and action to continue
to campaign for improvements in the pension.
Be in no doubt that only members'
willingness to take action has moved the Government from
its entrenched, pre November position.
We emphasise how important this campaign is. We already
have a fall of more than 15% in applications for training
and many courses are not reaching anywhere near their
capacity. This is not just about the pensions of those
teaching already - it is partly about the future of the
profession. Without significant improvements to what is
currently proposed it will become increasingly difficult
to recruit young teachers. We owe it to those who follow
us to keep the campaign going.
The full version of
John's report is available
here
The official statement
may be found
here
Please
email or call and let me know YOUR view
Have We Got Your E-mail
Address?
In these days of increasingly fast communication we need
to make use of as many different ways of contacting
members as possible. At the moment, we have e-mail
addresses for about a third of our members and are
actively seeking to improve on this number.
If you have an e-mail
address that you are willing to give us, please send us an
e-mail with your name, school and if possible membership
number by clicking
here.
We will not pass on
this address to anyone else and will only contact you if
absolutely necessary.
Wow, what a day!
There
was a great turnout at rallies in Chesterfield and Derby.
Workers from a vast array
of unions including
include ATL,
NAHT, UNISON, UNITE, ,GMB, PCS, UCATT and NAPO all took part
in the action making it the biggest days protest in a
generation.
In Chesterfield, speeches
in Ryknald Square were followed by a march and a meeting in
the Pheonix Club.
For my
own part, I won't forget what I saw as we walked round the
corner just past Chesterfield Town Hall. People in
front of me were turning and looking behind them then
pointing in a sort of pleased surprise. The crowd
stretched back literally as far as the eye could see.
Looking forward, the crowd disappeared round the bend.
Spontaneous cheering broke out
If
you have any personal recollections of the day or better
still, any photographs, please send them to us either by
e-mail or by post.
Will
the action get the government to change its mind? We
don't know, but one thing is for certain, if we take no
action the government will take all our pensions and
more!
Watch
this space for more events around the county!
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Pensions lobby
on 26 October |
A fantastic day!
Click
here to see some reports from our trip to parliament.
SOME LOCAL NUT EVENTS . .
.
Local
Association Meetings…
Chesterfield
Thursday 19th January 2012
– General Meeting
Cock
and Magpie,
Southern Derbyshire
Tuesday 24th
January 2012 – AGM + General Meeting
The Spanker,
West
Derbyshire
Tuesday 14th February 2012
– AGM
Highfields School Staffroom (Lumsdale Site)
High Peak
Thursday 26th January 2012
– AGM
Venue TBC
These meetings
discuss topics of importance for teachers and involve
members in our democratic structure. They are
particularly important with industrial action pending..
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