Teacher strike

patchwork_cat

patchwork_cat wrote: »

Obviously not a public sector employee then!!! In public sector you don't get compassionate leave for a minor illness of a child and public sector employees are supposed to have good conditions of service, yeah right!

Who were you planning on 'watching' your children during the christmas holidays if you only have 1 day leave left?

lostinrates wrote: »

As before, I don't dispute that it was a serious issue (I don't know the reason) but was simply responding to the statement that there is no compassionate leave in the public sector. I doubt many employers give compassionate relief for child's illness: work schedules are often such that it is difficult even if they want to. Isn't that rather the point of wednesday's strike....to cause such disruption?

As you can see I clearly said for CHILD'S MINOR ILLNESSES, not that there was no compassionate leave. Please read posts more carefully.

System

I wonder how many people who are whining about their little dears missing a days school then go on to book a term time holiday?

lostinrates

patchwork_cat wrote: »

As you can see I clearly said for CHILD'S MINOR ILLNESSES, not that there was no compassionate leave. Please read posts more carefully.

apologies for a missread. I genuinely missread and thought it said no compassionate leave. I'm very happy to accept that was wrong of me.

jackieblack

!!!!!! wrote: »

I wonder how many people who are whining about their little dears missing a days school then go on to book a term time holiday?

But then of course you get a lecture from the school about how "every lesson counts" and how detrimental it is to your child's education to miss even one day of school :mad:
You can't have it both ways!

(I don't happen to think that a day off is going to do any child any harm but it's the typical hypocrisy from schools & teachers that gets up the noses of parents)

balletshoes

thegirlintheattic wrote: »

The strike has actually been talked about for months, although your right only officially confirmed last Wednesday. Many parents at our school sorted out childcare weeks ago on the assumption that the strike would go ahead.

For the person who said the school wouldn't tell them if they were open or not: Unions give 7 days notice of a strike. Most union reps will give heads numbers of strikers and most teachers themselves will let the school know if they are striking to make decision making easier. The school should have decided if to open or not by now.

we were told by letter last Tuesday that the school might be closed on 30th November, and got a confirmation text yesterday afternoon. Its not ideal, but its one of those things, and I'm lucky in that I can take annual leave tomorrow.

System

In our area one school has written to parents to say that the school will be open BUT they can not accept children. Go figure!

jackieblack

!!!!!! wrote: »

In our area one school has written to parents to say that the school will be open BUT they can not accept children. Go figure!

I would guess that there are staff who are not in unions or do not support the strike who will be working as normal, but either because of Health & Safety/ adult-child ratios or because there will only be non-teaching staff, they cannot have the children on the premises.

System

jackieblack wrote: »

I would guess that there are staff who are not in unions or do not support the strike who will be working as normal, but either because of Health & Safety/ adult-child ratios or because there will only be non-teaching staff, they cannot have the children on the premises.

So why mention that the school will be open?

jackieblack

Maybe because if they're sending out a letter asking children not to come they can either lie and say that the school is closed which, if there are staff are there to answer 'phones, take in deliveries etc, it isn't or say that it's open ?
A badly worded letter maybe, but factually accurate.

meer53

I work in the private sector. I'm going to have to work until i'm 66 instead of 60 and am having to increase my pension contributions if i don't want to be penniless when i eventually retire. Welcome to the real world, we all have to make changes, just get on with it.

The teachers at my daughters school are all leaving as her school is due to close in 2013, who are they thinking of ? not the children, thats for sure. She now has to endure 2 years of supply teachers which i'm not impressed with so far, some don't even turn up. Not all teachers these days are the dedicated professionals they would like us to see them as.