article_snippet: The NASUWT teaching union has warned teaching is already a far less attractive career choice after a series of coalition pay freezes and caps.
article_snippet: General secretary Chris Keates said: 'The cuts to teachers' pay has been a major contributory factor in the current teacher recruitment and retention crisis. '
article_snippet: Many teachers didn't even get the 1 per cent awarded in 2014 thanks to the excessive discretion schools have been given over teachers' pay. '
article_snippet: It doesn't even scratch the surface of what teachers have lost at the hands of this coalition.'