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Another school strike?! 14th October.
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Strike now cancelled.
OH managed to get the day off at such short notice...he now has a free day to crack on with the painting he's been avoiding for months!Who made hogs and dogs and frogs?
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Strike has been cancelled - i had an email from UNISOn today0
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Im with UCU: College & Uni union and apparently we're supposed to be striking on Tuesday. I voted no and am not striking as its for higher pay. Our college is going through redundancies at the moment due to having to make cuts, so I don't think now is the right time to be making waves about more pay.Noli nothis permittere te terere
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That's great news. The sooner the public services stand up to the government the better. I'm sick of the people who didn't cause the deficit (and aren't feeling the benefit of any reported upturn) being made to pay for it.
I disagree with literally everything in this post... Politics eh?0 -
I'm surprised nobody knew about the strike as it was on the news and unison's website in July.
It's been cancelled now as Unison has a pay offer it wishes to consult it's members on.
Proposals
£1,065 (8.56%) on Spinal Column Point 5 with effect from 1 January 2015
£1,000 (7.93%) on SCP6 with effect from 1 January 2015
£800 (6.19%) on SCP7 with effect from 1 January 2015
£550 (4.13%) on SCP8 with effect from 1 January 2015
£350 (2.55%) on SCP9 with effect from 1 January 2015
£325 (2.32%) on SCP10 with effect from 1 January 2015
2.20% on SCPs 11 and above with effect from 1 January 2015
Removal of SCP5 with effect from 1 October 2015
£325 non-consolidated payment on SCPs 5, 6 & 7 to be paid in December 2014
£150 non-consolidated payment on SCPs 8, 9 & 10 to be paid in December 2014
£100 non-consolidated payment on SCPs 11-25 incl to be paid in December 2014
0.45% of proposed new salaries on SCPs 26-49 inclusive, of which £100 to be paid in December 2014 and the remaining balance to be paid in April 2015
~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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m with UCU: College & Uni union and apparently we're supposed to be striking on Tuesday. I voted no and am not striking as its for higher pay. Our college is going through redundancies at the moment due to having to make cuts, so I don't think now is the right time to be making waves about more pay.
But you will take it when the others who fought for it and lost wages get it...Typical...It is nice to see the value of your house going up'' Why ?
Unless you are planning to sell up and not live anywhere, I can;t see the advantage.
If you are planning to upsize the new house will cost more.
If you are planning to downsize your new house will cost more than it should
If you are trying to buy your first house its almost impossible.0 -
Didn't even know there was supposed to be a strike!Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £10,153.440
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m with UCU: College & Uni union and apparently we're supposed to be striking on Tuesday. I voted no and am not striking as its for higher pay. Our college is going through redundancies at the moment due to having to make cuts, so I don't think now is the right time to be making waves about more pay.
But you will take it when the others who fought for it and lost wages get it...Typical...
do teachers/support staff in schools have the option of refusing pay increases on an individual basis?0 -
balletshoes wrote: »do teachers/support staff in schools have the option of refusing pay increases on an individual basis?
No but you can donate the money back.
The employer is not put out by one day's striking as it's a saving for them if the majority of staff strike and it doesn't usually cause them a huge disruption. ~Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.~:)
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I just had to double check this as I had not had any email to say the strike had been cancelled. I am a nurse and work in the NHS. I will be leaving my shift at 7 am. There are only 2 of us on my ward in Unison, I am on the night so leave 30 minutes early and the other chap is on the early so is off for 4 hours.Debt: 16/04/2007:TOTAL DEBT [strike]£92727.75[/strike] £49395.47:eek: :eek: :eek: £43332.28 repaid 100.77% of £43000 target.MFiT T2: Debt [STRIKE]£52856.59[/STRIKE] £6316.14 £46540.45 repaid 101.17% of £46000 target.2013 Target: completely clear my [STRIKE]£6316.14[/STRIKE] £0 mortgage debt. £6316.14 100% repaid.0
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