The Daily Mail has apparently reported (see James Forsyth's blog on Coffee House) that the National Union of Teachers is apparently making negotiation demands which include:
A increase in pay of 10% and,
A cut in the working week to four days.
A maximum working week of 35 hours.
So simultaneously they are demanding an income increase of 10% and a working week reduction of 20%, which is represents a daily increase of 32%, I believe.
What planet are they from? When I read this I assumed that it was some kind of hoax or joke.
In more normal times an increase of 32% would seem ridiculous, but in the recession when people are losing houses and jobs and when savings are being decimated, when we are plunging deeper and deeper into debt, it beggars belief.
Perhaps they have had extra work in all the paperwork they have to do, as many people are, but why should they have any sort of increase when others are having their wages cut to try to ensure the very survival of businesses.
They work in a protected public sector with gold plated pensions. The leadership seem to be playing politics, and flexing their muscles in a grotesque way. What other explanation can there be?
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