As part of the campaign in defence of our pensions the NUT and NASUWT have set up an e-petition on HM Government's website. The petition calls on the Government to enter into genuine negotiations with us about the Teachers' Pension Scheme. If we are to get the negotiated settlement we are working flat out to achieve, the Government must accept that further discussions and additional funding from the Treasury are needed.
Please support the petition. It only takes a minute or two to sign up here.
If the petition attracts over 100,000 signatures there should be a debate in Parliament about it, where the Minister would have to come and explain the Government's actions. So once you've signed please share the petition link as widely as possible.
The NUT has condemned the Government's announcement that it has ended negotiations with the unions on its proposals on public sector pensions. Despite some concessions brought about because of strike action the Government's position on teachers' pensions remains unchanged. The Government still wants to make teachers pay more, work longer and get less. The NUT National Executive meets on Wednesday 14 March to decide our response, in the light of NUT members' responses to our consultation. Visit our pensions campaign page for further information on the Government's proposals and the NUT's campaign
Meetings for school representatives are being organised around the country to give you more details of the pension campaign and what you can do in your school. Click here to find out where a meeting is taking place near you.
The NUT will be consulting all members, via a survey that will be sent to home addresses on 23 February, on this proposed strategy.
The consultation survey will ask two questions. Click here to read more.
Please be advised that until further notice, there will not be any courses taking place in Swansea. A new course programme is being developed and will be published shortly.
Swansea Division Survey of Members
Please complete our survey of members to help us organise our CPD programme.
Download the Workers Song – Singing Out For Public Services
The Workers come from across the country and right across Britain's diverse public sector. Their jobs are different, but they share a love of music, and have joined up to record "Let's Work Together" in solidarity with everyone involved in November 30th's Day of Action for Pensions Justice.
See the video here
A proportion of the sale price, equivalent to about 40p out of the 99p cost in most outlets*, will be donated by the TUC to Age UK via Age UK Services Limited to support older people.
Age UK is the national charity working to improve later life for everyone by providing life-enhancing services and vital support. Currently, they help over 5 million people every year. With the support of people like ‘The Workers’ they are aiming to increase that number to 7.5 million by the end of 2012. The Age UK family includes Age Cymru, Age Scotland and Age NI, as well as more than 170 local Age UKs and over 470 shops. Through these networks Age UK are able to provide vital services directly to people in later life wherever they may be in the UK. They also support a number of international projects around the globe in support of older people in developing countries. To find out more, please visit www.ageuk.org.uk * The exact sum varies between distributors. Age UK is a registered charity and company limited by guarantee, (registered charity number 1128267, registered company number 6825798)registered office Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square, London WC1H 9NA . Age UK Services Limited (company no 06838416) whose registered office is Tavis House, 1-6 Tavistock Square aforesaid, is a subsidiary company of Age UK and donates its net profits to that charity.
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