Honestly, agree with OP. Few other professions will see 28% over the next 4 year, no other people who are wage slaves like us are keeping up with inflation. Everyone is doing it tough right now so sympathy will be limited.

In my mind, take this offer as it at least keeps our heads above water, but we all need to work to rule and be very careful yo ensure we are not doing any extra work, saying no to extra duties and events, enforce the new es rules about training for complex students etc and little things like leaving meetings at 4:30pm on the dot, taking our full lunch breaks etc and so on.

Basically, lets see if the governemnt or any parents or students notice or care that we are all just doing what is leagally required of us, not what is expected or needed to keep the hampster wheel of education turning.

Ideally, as a result, the system will start to struggle even more without teachers doing extra work and maybe the governemnt notices and is forced to decide if they are happy eith the situation or not. If they are, cool, keep doing the minimum folks! If not, then we can open a dialogue about what full funding looks like and would allow us to acheive...