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Unqualified teachers' pay

21 March 2011

Commenting on the government's acceptance of the School Teachers' Review Body (STRB) decision to recommend a non-consolidated payment of £250 to unqualified teachers who earn a full-time equivalent salary of £21,000, in place of a pay increase for 2011 and 2012, Christine Blower, General Secretary of the National Union of Teachers, the largest teachers' union, said;

“The STRB and Government have colluded to break the Government's original promise that low paid workers would be exempt from the pay freeze. There is no way that a non–consolidated payment is the same as a pay increase.

“The STRB has failed to challenge the Government's unilateral decision to freeze the pay of all other teachers without consulting the STRB.

“The biggest scandal, however, remains the pay freeze itself. With inflation at 4% or more and pension contributions increasing by 3% or more, qualified teachers' pay will be cut by over 10% in real terms over the next two years. That's why the NUT is supporting the TUC's March for the Alternative on Saturday and will continue to fight cuts in pay, pensions and funding.”



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