Protecting Teachers Defending Education

1. Protecting TeachersDefending Education Sixth Form Colleges

2. NUT & NASUWT working together • If the Government does not enter into meaningful discussions, NUT and NASUWT will start a rolling programme of strike action as follows: • Strike action on 27 June 2013 in NW England; • Further strikes in the autumn term; • A national strike before Christmas.

3. Why this campaign? • Never before have our pay, our pensions, our conditions of employment and our professionalism been under such direct attack • It is not an accident: this Government is determined to break up democratically controlled public education as we know it • This is a strategic response from the NUT and NASUWT - working together on an unprecedented joint campaign

4. NUT & NASUWT working together

5. NUT & NASUWT working together What does the declaration cover? • Workload pressures: damaging teachers’ health, threatening educational standards • Pensions: unfair contribution increases and changes to pension ages • Pay: proposals for local pay and performance related pay and the continuation of the pay freeze • Conditions: attacks on national terms and conditions of service, including through academisation of schools • Jobs: arising from funding cuts and curriculum reforms

6. NUT & NASUWT working together • Joint declaration launched on 28th May 2012 • Joint letter to Government demanding talks • NUT members vote for action short of strike action and discontinuous strike action • NUT members and some NASUWT members in sixth form colleges commenced action short of strike action on 3 October • The NUT pensions ballot is still valid and the pensions campaign continues in tandem

7. NUT & NASUWT working together Action short of strike action • the action instructions can be found at http://www.teachers.org.uk/6fcs/campaign • their implementation is meant to reduce workload • they are about building teacher professionalism – by demanding trust • they are not a withdrawal of goodwill

8. Where do 6FCs fit in? • Disputes for schools/academies and for 6FCs are both disputes with the Secretary of State • Dispute for 6FCs focuses on • Requiring 6FCs to have pay and conditions as minimum equivalent to STPCD • Making this requirement a condition of funding • Limiting OFSTED inspections

9. Building the 6FC campaign • NUT campaign has already highlighted the problems facing 6FCs and teachers • Joint campaign takes forward the unanimous NUT Conference resolution on 6FCs by • continuing the pay and funding campaign • working towards pay comparability with schools • working with other unions • providing for action up to strike action • Action against Government will further highlight the cuts - NUT & NASUWT represent majority of 6FC teachers • NUT will continue to resist job cuts college by college

10. Who doesn’t support us? (1) Sir Michael Wilshaw: “If anyone says to you that 'staff morale is at an all-time low', you know you are doing something right." 2nd December 2011

11. Who doesn’t support us? (2) Michael Gove: those who object to the fragmentation of the system are "happy with failure" and are"enemies of promise” On average, 2 press notices have been issued every week this year which have demotivated and denigrated teachers – see the full list on the NUT website

12. Together We Can Win We can win more if we are united • NUT & NASUWT together are 85% of teachers

13. A Giant Step

14. The Pensions Campaign We have already won concessions on pensions • Teachers over 50 are protected • A pension which would have been £10,000 will now be £10,800 (but should have been £15,000) • Two days strike action has won £800 a year!

15. What are our demands? We want negotiations and agreements covering all schools and colleges to: • provide protection on excessive workload • limit inspections and observations • defend the current pay arrangements and • end the pay freeze

16. Summer term activities NUT/NASUW Rallies for Education in April and May Watch out for other activities!