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-The '''National Union of Teachers''' ('''NUT''') is a [[trade union]] for school teachers in [[Education in England|England]], [[Education in Wales|Wales]], the [[Channel Islands]] and the [[Isle of Man]].<ref>[http://www.teachers.org.uk/resources/pdf/NUT-Rules-2008-09n.pdf NUT official website]</ref> It is a member of the [[Trades Union Congress]]. The Union recruits only [[Qualified Teacher Status|qualified teachers]] and those training to be qualified teachers into membership and currently has over 300,000 members, making it the largest teachers' union in Europe.
-==Activities==
-[[File:NUT Lewisham.jpg|thumb|left|Members of the NUT demonstrate at the G-20 London protests in 2009]]
-The NUT campaigns on educational issues and working conditions for its members. Among the NUT's current policies are:
-* Fair pay for teachers
-* Work-life balance for teachers
-* Against [[academy (England)|academies]]
-* Abolition of [[National Curriculum Tests]] (SATs)
-* One union for all teachers
-The NUT offers legal protection to its members. The NUT has established two financial services companies for teachers, [[Teachers Assurance]] in 1877 and the [[Teachers Building Society]] in 1966.
-==History==
-The NUT was established at a meeting at [[King's College London]] on 25 June 1870 as the National Union of Elementary Teachers (NUET) to represent all school teachers in England and Wales combining a number of local teacher associations which had formed across the country following the 1870 Education Act.<ref>Tropp, A (1957). The School Teachers. London: Heinmemann.</ref> After toying with the idea of changing the name to the National Union of English Teachers, the name National Union of Teachers (NUT) was finally adopted at Annual Conference in April 1889.
-In 1919, in response to an NUT referendum approving the principle of equal pay, a [[ginger group]], the National Association of Men Teachers (NAMT), was formed within the NUT to further the interests of male teachers.<ref>Simons, RA (1972). The Schoolmasters: The History of the NAS and of Education in its Time. London: NASUWT.</ref> The NAMT changed its name in 1920 to the National Association of Schoolmasters (NAS) and seceded finally from the NUT in 1922. The secession came about indirectly following a decision at the NAS Conference that year to prohibit NAS members from continuing to also be members of the NUT after the 31 December 1922.<ref>Tropp, A (1957). The School Teachers: the growth of the teaching profession in England and Wales from 1800 to the present day. London: Heinemann.</ref> The NAS is now amalgamated into the [[NASUWT]], the second-largest teaching union in the UK.
-The NUT first established its offices at 7 Adam Street, Adelphi, London WC on the appointment of the first full-time Secretary in 1873. In 1889 it moved its headquarters to Bolton House, 67/71 Russell Square, London WC. In 1915, it moved its headquarters to Hamilton House, Mabledon Place, London WC1H 9BD, where it has remained ever since,<ref>[http://www.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/ead/179.htm#N1674 An Interim Catalogue of the Papers of the National Union of Teachers]</ref> except during the Second World War, when the NUT rented [[Toddington Manor]], [[Gloucestershire]] in order to avoid air raids.
-[[File:The march.jpg|thumb|right|225px|Striking teachers and public sector workers march down the Kingsway, London, flanked by police on June 30, as part of the [[2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests]].<ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010086/Public-sector-strike-Union-leaders-insist-walkout-best-response.html?ito=feeds-newsxml]</ref><ref>[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2010086/Public-sector-strike-Union-leaders-insist-walkout-best-response.html?ito=feeds-newsxml]</ref>]]
-==General Secretaries of the NUT==
-The General Secretary is the leader of the NUT. Since 1989, the General Secretary has been elected by the union's membership, with each term lasting five years.<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2004/apr/14/schools.politics1 ''The Guardian'' article on the NUT]</ref>
-* [[Christine Blower]], 2008–present (acting until May 2009)<ref>[http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6012965 Christine Blower profile]</ref>
-* [[Steve Sinnott]], 2004-2008 (died in office)<ref>[http://education.guardian.co.uk/obituary/story/0,,2271494,00.html Steve Sinnott profile]</ref>
-* [[Doug McAvoy]], 1989-2004<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/education/education-news/nut-veteran-bows-out-as-he-came-in--all-guns-blazing-559945.html Doug McAvoy profile]</ref>
-* [[Fred Jarvis]], 1975-1989<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qps14mSlghcC&pg=PA87&lpg=PA87#v=onepage Fred Jarvis profile]</ref>
-* [[Edward Britton|Sir Edward Britton]], 1970-1975<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/2005/jan/07/guardianobituaries.obituaries Edward Britton profile]</ref>
-* [[Ronald Gould|Sir Ronald Gould]], 1947-1970<ref>[http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gilbert-bryden-642073.html Ronald Gould profile]</ref>
-* [[Frederick Mander|Sir Frederick Mander]], 1931-1947<ref>[http://www.informaworld.com/index/758505707.pdf Frederick Mander profile]</ref>
-* [[Frank Walter Goldstone|Sir Frank Goldstone]], 1924-1931<ref>[http://www.informaworld.com/index/739655318.pdf Frank Goldstone profile]</ref>
-* [[James Yoxall|Sir James Yoxall]], 1892-1924<ref>[http://www.tssa.org.uk/about/single-or-return/table46.htm James Yoxall profile]</ref>
-* [[Thomas Heller]], 1873-1891<ref>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=q-9LxdX7N9AC&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110#v=onepage&q=&f=false Thomas Heller profile]</ref>
-* [[William Lawson (NUT General Secretary)|William Lawson]], 1870-1873<ref>[http://www.teachers.org.uk/node/8515 William Lawson profile]</ref>
-==See also==
-* [[National Association of Schoolmasters Union of Women Teachers]]
-* [[Association of Teachers and Lecturers]]
-* [[Education in the United Kingdom]]
-==References==
-{{Reflist|2}}
-==External links==
-{{Portal|Organized labour}}
-* [http://www.teachers.org.uk/ NUT]
-* [http://uk.youtube.com/user/NUTteachers/ NUT YouTube channel]
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