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Labour have been accused of taking money from dinner ladies in a 'disgusting' move to fund teachers' pay rises.
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Labour → see → rises
The GMB union, which represents 100,000 school support staff, said Education Secretary Lucy Powell 'should be ashamed' of taking money from their members.
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Powell → represent → members
These include dinner ladies, caretakers, receptionists, librarians and care takers – who are the 'poorest paid group in education,' the union said.
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union → include → education
Yesterday it emerged this year's teacher pay rise will be funded using savings made from support staff pensions.
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rise → emerge → pensions
A surplus in the local government pension scheme means schools can make employment contributions of, on average, 4.9 per cent less for these staff members, and instead use that money to pay teachers.
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schools → mean → teachers
Support staff's pensions will not be cut or adversely affected by the move.
However, it is understood the GMB objects to the money being diverted away, believing it should instead be used to benefit support staff.
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it → cut → staff
Support staff are only getting a 3.3 per cent pay rise this year, while teachers are getting 3.5 per cent.
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teachers → get → cent
Labour have been accused of taking money from dinner ladies in a 'disgusting' move to fund teachers' pay rises (pictured: Education Secretary Lucy Powell)
Stacey Booth, GMB national officer, said: 'School support staff are already paid a pittance for nurturing, feeding and helping to educate our children.
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staff → accuse → children
To take money from their pensions to give others a pay rise is completely disgusting.
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take → take → rise
'Ministers should be ashamed of themselves – if they can't fund a pay rise they should have the guts to admit it rather than stealing the money of others.
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they → fund → others
Meanwhile anyone who celebrates a pay rise that takes money away from the poorest paid group in education is a wolf in sheep's clothing and should take a long hard look at themselves.'
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that → celebrate → themselves
The union said it was going to meet Ms Powell to voice concerns its members had been sidelined.
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members → say → concerns
Department for Education confirmed the move 'does not reduce the pension benefits support staff receive'.
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staff → confirm → benefits
Yesterday's announcement from Ms Powell came in response to the National Education Union (NEU), which is mostly made up of teachers, threatening strikes over their pay rise not being 'fully funded'.
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rise → come → strikes
Schools had originally been expected to fund roughly half the pay rise from their existing budgets, raising concerns over staff cuts.
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Schools → expect → cuts
The GMB union, which represents 100,000 school support staff, said Education Secretary Lucy Powell 'should be ashamed' of taking money from their members (file picture)
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Powell → represent → picture
A formal strike ballot had been planned for this autumn, with walk-outs planned for after Christmas.
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outs → plan → Christmas
NEU General Secretary Daniel Kebede said yesterday of the GMB comments: 'Not one support staff pension has been cut – this is a fall in what employers pay in, set independently by actuaries because these funds are healthier than expected.
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funds → say → actuaries
Our fight from day one was for a fully funded pay rise for the whole school workforce, and this is a win on exactly those terms: support staff were most of the 8,300 jobs we warned were at risk from an unfunded award, and it's the NEU's campaign and the threat of strike action which has now ensured this money stays in the school system.
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money → fund → system
The local government pension scheme is a defined benefits scheme and relies on contributions from both employers and employees.
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scheme → define → employers
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