Schools - strike Oct 1st - going ahead?

Spendless

chiefpossession wrote: »

NUT and NASUWT are not striking in Wales - we had a letter from the union this week to say that strike action had been withdrawn because they are in active negotiation with the Minister in Wales.

http://www.nasuwt.org.uk/Whatsnew/NASUWTNews/PressReleases/NASUWT_011418

I haven't posted links before, not sure whether this will work

Ahhh thanks. This is what the person who told me 'the unions have backtracked' must have been on about. However we are nowhere near Wales, so she must have been mis-informed or mis-understood. I did wonder where it had been 'invented' from. P.S your link works.

Tiggy10

Softasputty wrote: »

I was just about to add that. If a teacher is striking, their colleagues should not be asked by senior leaders to cover. Sometimes senior leaders may decide to cover classes themselves.

Of course! Where I work a handful of senior management dont have their own class, and only run literacy boosters as I work where English isnt the first language of the pupils. They have always covered where staff have been ill/on strike/on a course. I was thinking on these lines. All schools are different

Softasputty

We are closed to pupils now. Those not striking have to go in and will have a day of directed time and they still have to do an hours INSET which just so happens to be on a Tuesday. :rotfl:

Unky_Al

My sons school is closed (Birmingham), they have had the cheek to put on the letter that his attendance record won't be affected by it..damn right it shouldn't.

Just out of interest who can we fine for extra childcare costs unpaid leave etc, like the schools do when you take them out for unauthorised leave :rotfl:

daisiegg

Unky_Al wrote: »

My sons school is closed (Birmingham), they have had the cheek to put on the letter that his attendance record won't be affected by it..damn right it shouldn't.

Just out of interest who can we fine for extra childcare costs unpaid leave etc, like the schools do when you take them out for unauthorised leave :rotfl:

Ah yes, because school is just childcare?

Striking teachers lose a day's pay, which will be more than the fine for one day of unauthorised absence for a child.

Unky_Al

daisiegg wrote: »

Ah yes, because school is just childcare?

Striking teachers lose a day's pay, which will be more than the fine for one day of unauthorised absence for a child.

Hmm, somebody obviously had had a sense of humour bypass. The comment was said tongue in cheek, hence the smiley.

No school is there to educate the next generation not to act as child care, and where did I say fine the teachers??? I think you will find I said fine the school.

Boohoo!! the teachers lose a day's pay, their choice to strike so no sympathy from me. My choice would be to send my son to school but hey ho I can't. I'm lucky in the fact that I don't need to find child care or take time off as my mother will have him, I just feel sorry for parents that aren't as fortunate.

SingleSue

GwylimT wrote: »

We're shutting for certain years, we are however remaining open for year 11 pupils to come in to do coursework/revision for their November exam.

The boy's school is shut (East Anglia) but not to those in year 11 doing mocks...so I will have one in (year 11) and one at home (6th form).