Teachers on Strike

SpammyTheSpammer

How thoughtful, waiting until school restarted, instead of taking industrial action during the last 2 months when they were working from home on their course work, doing pupil assessment etc

So no disruption to their out-of-school activities that take up that "holiday" time.

gb12345

SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »

How thoughtful, waiting until school restarted, instead of taking industrial action during the last 2 months when they were working from home on their course work, doing pupil assessment etc

So no disruption to their out-of-school activities that take up that "holiday" time.

If they'd done it during the holidays they would have had to drag themselves out of bed to man the picket lines.

wiogs

As there would be no one going into the schools there would be no need for picket lines.


If you are going to strike you need to do it when it causes a problem for the employer, so now seems a sensible time, if the schools are not on a break as some currently are.

earthstorm

wiogs wrote: »

If you are going to strike you need to do it when it causes a problem for the employer, so now seems a sensible time, if the schools are not on a break as some currently are.

Yes and its a roving strike, so only hitting parts of the UK, just like the one last month and the next 1 planned before Christmas

SpammyTheSpammer

"If you are going to strike you need to do it when it causes a problem for the employer"

Teachers constantly assure us that they are working during non-term times. They are always telling us that they are developing the curriculum, performing administrative work or assessments etc. Similarly, they state they do not scamper out of school at 15:30 with the children but have to stay behind, marking papers etc.

So either they are working during non-school times or they are telling porkies about what they do then.

wiogs

SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »

"If you are going to strike you need to do it when it causes a problem for the employer"

Teachers constantly assure us that they are working during non-term times. They are always telling us that they are developing the curriculum, performing administrative work or assessments etc. Similarly, they state they do not scamper out of school at 15:30 with the children but have to stay behind, marking papers etc.

So either they are working during non-school times or they are telling porkies about what they do then.

But would a strike during non-term time cause as much inconvenience for the employer? I doubt it so it makes sense to strike during term time.

I know plenty of teachers who work during no-term time.

In fact I know a lot of people who work when they aren't at their place of work.

fluffnutter

SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »

How thoughtful, waiting until school restarted, instead of taking industrial action during the last 2 months when they were working from home on their course work, doing pupil assessment etc

So no disruption to their out-of-school activities that take up that "holiday" time.

Well done for understanding that strike action needs to cause maximum inconvenience else there's absolutely no point to it. What next? Posties striking on a Sunday? Facepalm.

earthstorm

fluffnutter wrote: »

What next? Posties striking on a Sunday?

No please can ours strike on a Monday and use all the junk mail that we get on the Monday to help keep the fires at the picket lines burning.

lilypad_rider

I think this is a really emotive one as I understand that they are trying to take a stand but it is difficult to accept that they will be fining parents for taking their children out of school in term time but it is okay for the teachers to interrupt our children's education??

nonnatus

It's Bonkers really, isn't it? What more do the teachers WANT? Surely if they don't like the pay and conditions to such an extent that they are prepared to strike, they should consider a change of career? They are (MOSTLY - PE teachers aside :rotfl:) well educated, surely they could fit into most work environments.

I work from home so today was a luxury of no school runs, no lunches or screaming teens looking for school bags and PE kits. Instead it was just lots of relaxed coffee and plodding into my office to peruse MSE! I have no idea how employees cope having to arrange emergency childcare.

BONKERS.

Storck

lilypad_rider wrote: »

I think this is a really emotive one as I understand that they are trying to take a stand but it is difficult to accept that they will be fining parents for taking their children out of school in term time but it is okay for the teachers to interrupt our children's education??

Think you will find you are complaining about the same people that the teachers are complaining about ie the government. It is the government who have introduced the fining not the the teachers and it is not the teachers who will be getting the money from the fines.

Btw it is wrong to take kids out of school for a holiday.