| Biography | The National Union of Teachers (NUT) is a trade union for school teachers in England, Wales, the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man.[2] It is a member of the Trades Union Congress. The Union recruits only 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.
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 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.
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