NATIONAL UNION OF TEACHERS
MESSAGE OF SUPPORT TO UCU FOR 10TH MAY 2012
Can you please pass on the best wishes of Northumberland NUT to members of UCU fighting in defence of pensions.
Like you, we are now paying more for our pensions.
Last month alone teachers paid an extra £25 million in pension contributions to the Government. By April 2013 we will have paid a massive £300 million more.
Increased contributions, together with the pay freeze, mean that this is the first time in generations that teachers' take-home pay has been cut.
The Government wants to increase our contributions even more over the next two years and, in return, give us less of a pension and make us work longer before we receive it. It is outrageous that the Government is taking this money and refusing either to negotiate or to carry out the long overdue valuation of the Teachers' Pension Scheme. This is unfair and unjust.
Like UCU, the NUT has not signed up to the Government's proposals. We are talking to other teacher unions with a view to coordinating our campaigns on this and many other attacks that we are facing in the teaching profession. In the meantime we are committed to working with any and all unions to defend the interests of teachers and other public sector workers.
We wish you good luck for the 10th of May and hope that we will be joining you in action.
Christine CarruthersDivision Secretary
Northumberland NUT
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| Vin Wynne, from the NUT, speaking at the May 10th Pensions Justice Rally in Newcastle |
Further information from May 10th Action in the North East:
http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/north-east-news/evening-chronicle-news/2012/05/11/north-east-workers-protest-against-pension-plans-video-72703-30946331/
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