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Public Sector Strikes
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I hope you're not a teacher. you're the second person to claim the maths is wrong but keep it secret about how they consider it flawed.
No doubt you believe teachers dont have long holidays because they're " doing their marking"
It really is no secret at all - its quite obvious if you look at it again - maybe we are just trying to encourage you to check your work before handing it in!
You are obviously a very embittered person who believes teachers are the devil's spawn so I will save my breath trying to educate you as I fear it would be a waste of my time and anyway I am too busy planning my holiday!0 -
I'm pleased you are so easily amused Nutter:D
You're living in the past. These arn't downtrodden sooty faced sock knitters who are going on strike. These are above average pay public employees who are trying to protect perks and conditions that , even after the reforms, are head and shoulders above that which most people in the private sector receive.( those who are expected to pay in tax for them even after massively increasing the contribution they have to make into their own pensions)
I am puzzled - do you think our pay is tax free?0 -
It really is no secret at all - its quite obvious if you look at it again - maybe we are just trying to encourage you to check your work before handing it in!
You are obviously a very embittered person who believes teachers are the devil's spawn so I will save my breath trying to educate you as I fear it would be a waste of my time and anyway I am too busy planning my holiday!
The ultimate irony for me (and I am sure an english teacher will be along soon to correct my deffinition of irony as well as my spelling) was that I have applied for my daughter to have the week in which the strikes are due off school for a holiday (camping in the UK not a fortnight in the Bahamas). We were refused permission by the school and now the teachers one of the days off it's no problem at all.
Be warned teachers I am going to fine you all £50 each for unauthorised absence. should top up my pension pot nicely...cheers:T
GOne day some company will do what they say they will do and charge a fair charge.:T
Not doing the opposite of that which they promise and charge you a fortune for the privileged.
Or maybe not:mad:0 -
You're living in the past.
I don't think this...You'll merely be replaced by someone who's prepared to work for poorer pay, a reduced pension, fewer benefits etc. Over time everyone's rights are eroded as company's squeeze and squeeze the evermore desperate employees.
... is living in the past at all. This happens now and will continue to happen."Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell" - Edward Abbey.0 -
I'm pleased you are so easily amused Nutter:D
You're living in the past. These arn't downtrodden sooty faced sock knitters who are going on strike. These are above average pay public employees who are trying to protect perks and conditions that , even after the reforms, are head and shoulders above that which most people in the private sector receive.( those who are expected to pay in tax for them even after massively increasing the contribution they have to make into their own pensions)
Yet again you spout this nonsense about above average pay and conditions. Where the flip do you get your information from, because you need to review your sources?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
The ultimate irony for me (and I am sure an english teacher will be along soon to correct my deffinition of irony as well as my spelling) was that I have applied for my daughter to have the week in which the strikes are due off school for a holiday (camping in the UK not a fortnight in the Bahamas). We were refused permission by the school and now the teachers one of the days off it's no problem at all.
Be warned teachers I am going to fine you all £50 each for unauthorised absence. should top up my pension pot nicely...cheers:T
G
Becaue the two are unconnected. You daughter will only be off for one day. A day that she will need to spend studying the work set for by the school. What will happen if the strike is cancelled, will you cancel your holiday?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
taking 100% of renumeration from the tax payer then paying 25% back is hardly self financing is it?
So - thats corrected the obvious flaw in your maths - please reciprocate and do likewise for me.
So, do you think that public service providers should do it for free?The greater danger, for most of us, lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low and achieving our mark0 -
British average wage £499/week = 25948 / year
(http://www.statistics.gov.uk/cci/nugget.asp?id=285)
Average teacher salary ( 2006 - and it won't have reduced)£32200
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/7372058.stm
And remember ; (as yet) it's Final salary' pension not average salary pension so it's based on a figure even higher than this!0
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