Christine Blower, the leader of the National Union of Teachers, was accused of 'breathtaking insensitivity' for taking the inflation-busting rise while tens of thousands of her own members brace themselves for a pay freeze.
Miss Blower's basic pay rose by almost £9,000 to £103,000, while her package of pay and benefits increased by more than £13,000 to £140,000 – up 10.4 per cent.
The increase is more than double the rate of inflation and four times the 2.3 per cent received by classroom teachers last year.
The NUT's accounts also reveal that union members funded a 16 per cent increase in contributions to Miss Blower's gold-plated pension last year. The union paid £26,000 into her pension pot – 25 per cent of her salary, and four times the typical level in the private sector." -- Daily Mail
And this is why the Government will get away with their plans, rightly or wrongly... because the representatives of people who have been treated like sh*t have got their heads in the f*cking trough as well. How on earth does the greedy bitch pictured above think it is right that she should receive such a payrise and added bonus' in the current climate (or any climate for that matter!)
Of course those of us who work in the private sector who have been treated even worse are going to have absolutely zero sympathy for any of it!
Rant over.
