The National Union of Teachers is the spiritual successor to the National Union of Mineworkers; a union representing an honest, decent profession but with a leadership that is committed to an extreme version of leftism. The Union’s latest pay demands are a case in point. The Daily Mail reports that:
“Teachers want their days in the classroom cut to four a week – with a 10 per cent pay rise.
The National Union of Teachers is planning a campaign for contractual rights to spend one day a week marking work and preparing lessons.
It also wants a 35-hour limit on the working week.” Demanding a 10 pay cent pay rise across the board and a reduction in working hours would be a stretch at any time, but to do so in the midst of a recession is just ridiculous. It suggests that the NUT’s leadership is just looking for a fight.
We undervalue teachers in this country.
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