Campaigning Points from NUT conference – report/comment to follow

Campaigning points from NUT Conference

PAY

Lobby DfE for removal of Paragraph 51.7 of STPCD, which covers additional working hours.
Regional briefings in the summer term to outline the case for our pay claim and need for action
Local association briefings in summer term
Produce materials for an internal poll of members in the summer term
Review results of first stage of campaign
Ballot for action in 2018/19
Monitor the pay policies of MATs

WORKLOAD

Lobby DfE for removal of Paragraph 19 of STPCD – Performance Related Pay.
Encourage associations to encourage the use of the workload survey to identify common workload issues across groups of schools
Co-ordinate industrial action across schools
Disseminate current Workload Charters and carry out a review of their effectiveness.

FUNDING

Weekend of activity in summer term
National demonstration on school funding
Encourage members to take action at local level where cuts are leafing to attacks on pay and conditions and damaging education

BASELINE AND PRIMARY ASSESSMENT

Produce information and campaign packs
Model letters asking schools not to take part in Baseline Pilot
Encourage local associations to discuss this at general meetings and to report back via executive members and regional offices
Indicative survey of members in all primary and infant schools and use to identify where formal ballots might be successful to stop Baseline Pilot going ahead
Assess campaign through regional briefings, executive meetings, national briefings and a national mobilising event
Link campaign on Baseline to campaign on SATs
Encourage local associations to set up local MTAS groups
Prepare materials for use in local associations during SATs week

EDUCATION & EQUALITIES

Encourage local associations to work with local libraries on community events as part of Stand Up For Education campaign
Consult widely with members on their views for a National Education Service
Major conference on curriculum and pedagogy
Encourage local associations to organise local events and training to publicise and debate “It’s Just Everywhere”.
Encourage local associations to distribute the NEU resource pack on supporting refugee children
Work with LAs to ensure policies and procedures include actions for dealing with racism, methods of reporting racism, that complaints will be taken seriously and acted upoin
Organise a conference on fighting reported Islamophobia and Homo/Bi/Transphobia
Encourage regions to organise annual equality events

GREATER LONDON PAY

Arrange a meeting between Executive members, Division Secretaries and the Mayor of London
Arrange a meeting with the biggest possible number of London MPs
Arrange meetings with GLA members and council leaders in LAs where teachers are not paid on Inner London Scale
Special briefing of NUT Reps and activists in boroughs concerned