teacher's strike

Becles

msb5262 wrote: »

Can I just point out that although some teachers are planning a fun day off, it's our prerogative as we're losing a day's pay? Quite an expensive fun day, I'd say...although as someone said upthread, we are very lucky to have the right to be in a union and to be able to choose to take industrial action.
MsB

I don't really want to lose a day's pay, but I'm a self employed single mother of three and will have to take the day off work unpaid. So quite an expensive day for me as well for something that doesn't affect me.

While it might be your prerogative and your choice, I can't help feeling it's a bit harsh forcing it on others who would give their back teeth to lucky enough to have your revised pension offer, as it's much better than the tiny contributions they struggle to pay in to a personal pension.

JC9297

So those people complaining about having a letter from school asking them to keep their children at home would rather send their children to school with no-one to teach them? Individual teachers making decisions to (legally) strike or not is nothing to do with a school's policy towards unauthorised absences.

JC9297

Becles wrote: »

I don't really want to lose a day's pay, but I'm a self employed single mother of three and will have to take the day off work unpaid. So quite an expensive day for me as well for something that doesn't affect me.

While it might be your prerogative and your choice, I can't help feeling it's a bit harsh forcing it on others who would give their back teeth to lucky enough to have your revised pension offer, as it's much better than the tiny contributions they struggle to pay in to a personal pension.

I think msb5262 was saying that if a teacher chooses to strike it is their prerogative to spend the day doing whatever they choose instead of working as they are not being paid.

boardwitless

JC9297 wrote: »

So those people complaining about having a letter from school asking them to keep their children at home would rather send their children to school with no-one to teach them? Individual teachers making decisions to (legally) strike or not is nothing to do with a school's policy towards unauthorised absences.

No, I'd rather the teachers didn't go on strike.
I am now an adult education teacher - I retrained after spending 13 years in catering (now that was REAL graft). I've never had it so good. I think all teachers and public service wallahs should have to spend time in proper jobs - retail, catering, hairdressing, building sites etc. to see how most of the population earn their money, then maybe they'd realise that maybe they are not so hard done by after all

poet123

boardwitless wrote: »

No, I'd rather the teachers didn't go on strike.
I am now an adult education teacher - I retrained after spending 13 years in catering (now that was REAL graft). I've never had it so good. I think all teachers and public service wallahs should have to spend time in proper jobs - retail, catering, hairdressing, building sites etc. to see how most of the population earn their money, then maybe they'd realise that maybe they are not so hard done by after all

In some ways I agree, but teaching adults is very different to teaching children and teenagers, and often worse is dealing with their parents.;)

boardwitless

poet123 wrote: »

In some ways I agree, but teaching adults is very different to teaching children and teenagers, and often worse is dealing with their parents.;)

I teach category A prisoners in a high-security prison - to be honest though, I think I'd rather do that than go into a high school

eezer

boardwitless wrote: »

No, I'd rather the teachers didn't go on strike.
I am now an adult education teacher - I retrained after spending 13 years in catering (now that was REAL graft). I've never had it so good. I think all teachers and public service wallahs should have to spend time in proper jobs - retail, catering, hairdressing, building sites etc. to see how most of the population earn their money, then maybe they'd realise that maybe they are not so hard done by after all

Maybe after paying into the pension fund for 20 years, someone comes along and tells you that you have to pay more, work longer and get less you'd realise that you are being hard done by after all.

poet123

I teach in a college, my son teaches in a Secondary school, we both have at least as much trouble with parents as students!!

boardwitless

eezer wrote: »

Maybe after paying into the pension fund for 20 years, someone comes along and tells you that you have to pay more, work longer and get less you'd realise that you are being hard done by after all.

I've paid into a variety of private pensions and company pensions for 25 years and whatever I get I shall view as a bonus as I have never expected much return (I think the Robert Maxwell saga must have had a subliminal effect on my attitude here) so, as we have overpaid on our mortgage to shorten the term by 8 years (now only 2 years away!!), we shall carry on putting the mortgage money away each month which will be our pension fund.
£120,000 by age 55 if that all goes to plan

Caroline73_2

boardwitless wrote: »

No, I'd rather the teachers didn't go on strike.
I am now an adult education teacher - I retrained after spending 13 years in catering (now that was REAL graft). I've never had it so good. I think all teachers and public service wallahs should have to spend time in proper jobs - retail, catering, hairdressing, building sites etc. to see how most of the population earn their money, then maybe they'd realise that maybe they are not so hard done by after all

Nursing is a really cushy compared to working on a checkout at Tesco or serving pizza's at Dominos. I must remember that next time I'm with a dying child.