Morning!                                                                     (15/04/19)

First of all, lets define inflation so you can understand this a bit more: Inflation-a general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money.

The inflation rate in 2017 was 3.58%. The 2017 inflation rate is higher compared to the average inflation rate of 2.14% per year between 2017 and 2019.The reason I'm telling you this is because teachers at Derby College, some from over the ten years they have been there, have basically had no pay increase anywhere near the rate of inflation. What this means is that even if they have technically been given a couple of pay rises of 0.5% and of 1% some years, with the rate of inflation alongside this, pay is still being cut and there isn't a significant increase at all! (Please take a look at the inflation graph showing inflation levels above 2014-18)

Technically, teachers at Derby College are getting poorer each year because of this.Considering all the time teachers spend at home marking, working and responding to stupid student emails (sorry to my teachers) they should be getting paid much more. So, keep sharing because they should be getting a fair pay.

We can make that happen.