Was the 5 Term Consultation Rigged? (Updated 9/1/12)
Workplace Parking Levy
Nottingham City Council has announced that the first year’s levy will rise in line with RPI to £288 before it has even started. RPI is the higher inflation measure abandoned by the Government for inflating pensions. As school employees face a long pay freeze this is a charge that will cause real hardship for many if it is passed on. We have made some progress negotiations with the Council which are continuing, but the clock is ticking as the levy begins on 1st April.
If you work in a City Council school and you are asked to sign any agreement to pay a parking charge do not do so but contact the Union. No agreement for a charge has been reached with the Council.
If you are not an employee of the City Council and work in an academy or other school, we would like you to contact the Union if you are told that you will have to pay any charge as a result of the Workplace Parking Levy
Pensions Campaign
Attempts by the Government to bully the trade unions into an unsatisfactory settlement at the end of 2011 failed. Unions representing the vast majority of teachers rightly refused to sign the ‘Heads of Agreement’ put forward by the Government. For the latest information on the national negotiations visit: http://www.teachers.org.uk/pensions
Are you are wondering what was in the Government's offer to the trade unions? Are you concerned that some unions seem to have accepted this whilst others including the NUT have not?
Calculate exactly what the new offer would mean for you on the updated pension calculator.
- How long you will have to work?
- What will the increase in contributions will be?
- What you will lose in pension?
Visit the calculator here: http://www.teachers.org.uk/node/12872
It is worth being aware that from the extra monthly pension contributions will start in April 2012 and by 2014 will have risen about the same amount as the deduction for a day’s strike action. However you will pay this every month.
The 5 Term Year
Important News about the Indicative Ballot.
Hundreds of school based staff have signed the joint trade union petition against
the 5 Term Year, which closed on 12th January. Of those who signed on-
The City Council has been forced to accept formal consultations with the trade unions this term, but we are far from certain that they will change the proposed holiday pattern.
The NUT National Action Committee has therefore agreed to conduct an Indicative Ballot of NUT members in the City to find out if they would be prepared to take industrial action to resist an imposition of the 5 Term Year by the City Council, should that be necessary. Find out more about why this ballot is necessary here.
Members who work in Nottingham City Schools will be receiving ballot papers in the post. Members in academies, Bilborough College and other workplaces are not being balloted. Find out why here.
Nottingham NUT recommend a ‘YES’ vote. Please use your vote.
A new year is underway, but some vital issues for Nottingham Teachers still need to be resolved.
What would the changes in holiday pattern mean for you? Complete our online survey here
We want to know your opinions. Please help by completing the surveys below
National Executive Elections
Elections take place later this term. Nottingham City NUT urge you to support Liam Conway in the election.
Find out more here
This page last updated 27/01/12