Reps' talking points

The simple act of an NEU rep talking to a member more than doubles voter turnout. 
Use these talking points to help make the case.

Meeting presentation

School and college reps work helped us win our historic ballots in 2023 and beat the Government’s unfair strike thresholds.

Take the time to talk to as many of your colleagues as possible about the ballot and ask them to use their voice and vote. You can use this presentation when you hold a meeting with members.

Please log onto your Pay Up 24 ballot dashboard to log which colleagues you have spoken to on your Pay Up 24 ballot dashboard 

If you need support, you can also contact your local NEU branch officers.

And remember we are also balloting support staff, so please urge any support staff members in your school to vote as soon as they receive their link. You can find further details of our support staff ballot here.

  1. We all know how hard things are in education at the moment – educators are overworked, underpaid and schools have a lack of resource. Unfortunately, the Government chose to ignore these problems at the Budget last week.
  2. It looks certain we will be offered a disgraceful 1 per cent pay rise (a 3 per cent cut in real terms) and there will be no new money for schools.
  3. Last year we stood up and won a 6.5 per cent pay rise and an extra £3 billion for education. We settled our dispute on the basis the union would use it as a base to win more – we need to send the Government, and Labour, a message that there is a crisis in education that needs to be urgently addressed.
  4. The best way of doing this is to show we are willing to strike again, not only for our pay but the extra funding needed to ensure schools and colleges can recruit and retain staff and operate more effectively.
  5. Primary school classes are the highest in Europe. Classes of over 30 are common in secondary schools. We all understand the crisis within SEND support. Most schools are worse off today then when this Government came to office. We need to work together to change this.
  6. Gillian Keegan thinks, in her own words, she is doing ‘a f**king good job’. She isn’t.
  7. Let’s send her a message about what we think: please vote in the indicative ballot.
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