Make sure you reply to the emails sent out this week (beginning 23 Jan) asking you to reply to the survey to see how you feel about the next steps in the campaign.
It’s an amazing fact that of the billions of pounds of cuts women will face an astonishing 72% of them. (from an equality audit carried out by Yvette Cooper the Shadow Secretary of State ) And this is what Cameron calls FAIR FOR ALL.
So why is this happening? Well to start with, over 65% of public sector workers are women and the most likely to lose their jobs due to the cuts.
More women will be affected by housing benefit cuts, and fewer will gain from the increase in the personal tax allowance.
Add to that the cutting of the Health in Pregnancy allowance will affect 800,000 women at a cost of £150 million, and guess how many men You’ve got it ZERO
Sure Start maternity grants are going and child benefit frozen for 3 years
AND the change from RPI to CPI for calculating pensions will affect women pensioners who, remember, live longer thin men and very often live on their own.
This goes along with the reduction next year of the winter fuel allowance Anyone over 80 will face a cut from £400 to £300 at a time when fuel prices are set to rise again.
So women get hit all ways; required to work longer, to look for jobs when their children start school , that is if there are jobs out there to find and reduced incomes all round
FAIR FOR ALL? I THINK NOT
is a group formed from a public meeting organised by the Chelmsford Trade Council .There will be a public meeting on 10 December at 7.30 at the Friends Meeting House Rainsford Rd. Refreshements at 7 p.m.
On 14th December there will be a lobby outside of County Hall from 8 to 10 a.m. prior to the County Council meeting
Please make every effort to attend one or both of these events,
If your school had an outstanding Ofsted report the governors can apply for academy status starting in September of this year. However this may not be legal as the Bill will not have been passed by then
Academies are not good news for teaching staff. You will not be covered by the National Pay and Conditions document and so could be working longer hours for less pay
To find our more visit the Anti Academy Alliance site at www.antiacademies.org.uk where you can find out useful information and download a petition
LET THE SECRETARY KNOW IF YOUR SCHOOL IS THINKING OF BECOMING AN ACADEMY
Many members phone for help and advice and are somtimes surprised if they get an answering machine . Please not that the Secretary is NOT a full time paid offical and the number is not an office number but the home phone number. Inevitably there wiil be times when no-one is there. If you have to leave a message please give the following information;-
Name, School, membership number and home phone number.
As from now case work will be dealt with by Robert Jones 07521 459383
See School Reps page for contact details
The telephone support service is still available but for those
who would prefer it there is now a new support service.
It is now possible to get help online by logging on to the website www.teachersupport.info.
This will let you try out the service by using the'Ask 1 Question' option.Support
will be provided in the form of one-to-one confidential dialogue for those
who sign up (for free)
The TSN is now also providing a service for retired teachers.
National NUT is now Fairtrade and serving Fairtrade products at Hamilton House
The Union has just issued an excellent leaflet giving advice to members on short term, medium and long term planning
They say re long and medium term planning, " It is not reasonable to expect teachers to write new plans for every group or cohort of pupils. Plans can be stored and revised and, often, only minor amendment is necessary. "
They also draw attention to the range of high quality material
for all primary core and foundation subjects available on the Internet, including
Teachernet (www.teachernet.gov.uk/Useful_Lesson_Plans_And_ Resources )
Schemes of work identical to those published by QCA are available on the Standards
Site (www.standards.dfee.gov.uk/schemes/)
Members of the Mid Essex committee attended the Freshers Fayre at APU last week together with Hilary Bucky, the Regional Officer, to sign up students currently on teaching courses at APU. Hilary is seen below with some of the new recruits.
All student members are most welcome to attend any of our meetings. Check out what is coming up by clicking onto the Meetings page.
Access to the Essex Sressline has been improved.
You should already have a poster in your school showing the new freeline number
0800 5870014. You should also have been given your own personnal stressline
card which is credit card size.Please let me know if this is not the case.
Don't forget that you can phone up at any time if you need help, which is
strictly confidential.
Welfare helpline 0207554 5222, for those coping
with serious illness, disability or a family crisis.
Teacherline 08000 562 561 for counselling and advice for working
teachers, related to personal or work problems
Retired Teachers 0207554 5208 for help with residential accommodation
etc.
The Union has published guidelines on Stress Audits and Risk
Assessments Any member wishing to receive a copy should contact the secretary
at
marion.wilson@tiscali.co.uk
The NUT has set up link with Thompson's which will provide a 'No Win - No
Fee' service for for NUT members and their families to cover things
such as :-
personal injury cover away from work
representation in UK based claims for accidents abroad
legal representation in claims for medical negligence
low fixed price home buying and selling.
For more information call 0800 169 6660
Top of page |
 Home page |