Commenting on the passing of motion 19 at Annual Conference in Harrogate, Daniel Kebede, general secretary of the National Education Union, said:
"Fragmentation of the education system has had a direct and damaging impact on the pay and conditions of the teachers and support staff who deliver our education service. Some academies have, for example, imposed longer working hours and worsened maternity pay arrangements. This leads to educators who are doing the same job being treated differently depending on which academy trust they work for, giving rise to unfair and unequal treatment of school staff.
"The NEU is calling for an end to this unfairness. Academy trusts and all publicly funded providers of education must be required to employ staff on minimum standards that are set out nationally. To ensure equitable treatment in pay and conditions of service, the NEU will continue campaigning for a national contract for all teachers, regardless of which type of state-funded school they work in. Unscrupulous academy trusts must not be allowed to worsen pay and conditions, diverting funds to pay for the bloated salaries of academy CEOs.
"The NEU is also calling for the government to restore collective bargaining rights on pay and conditions in education.
"The level playing field and the rights on pay, conditions and bargaining for which the NEU calls, are vital if we are to properly value, recruit and retain the educators we need."