Can i, should i claim back childcare costs for next weeks Teachers strike ?

curtlyb

Sarahsaver wrote: »

.....Shame this has got into a debate about the rights and wrongs of striking when the initial question was about childcare arrangements.

:T

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

......... find it quiite sad that the only reason most people on this board appear to care about it at all is that they now have to make other arrangements for THEIR children to be looked after and that their free baby-sitting service has disappered for a day.

Get a grip, this has got nothing to do with abdicating responsibility as parents or whinging about having to find free baby-sitting services, read the bl**dy thread !

I think the reason most people are cheesed off is that somebody elses strike is going to cost THEM money......end of, very little strike action in this country ends up costing innocent members of the public to this extent. The other gripe was the short-notice at which the Unions are allowed to call the action... 48hrs !!!!
If the teachers are hoping to get parents 'on side' then they've got a strange way of going about it, as far as i can see, this thursday's strike is going to save every LEA a large amount of money and achieve absolutely nothing else !

Imagine the reaction if a joe-public was told they'd have to pay £20/week for the next four weeks to have their bins emptied because refuse collectors were on strike:rolleyes:.
It's all down to pounds, shillings & pence and anyone who is questioning peoples morals with regard to their kids is way off the mark

Sarahsaver

Well back to the original point :rotfl:
What ARE people doing about Thursday if they need childcare and are supposed to be at work?
It was my day off anyway but now I have already had to take a day off today with a poorly DS.
We are taking the kids to the sea life centre. Probably learn more there than a day in school anyway.

curtlyb

tintingirl wrote: »

That's interesting, 'cos my kids father is a Uni lecturer and got 4.8%. Do different Uni's pay different rates?

Looks like it because if you look at the link earilier in the thread they are looking at joining the strike action........ they've obviously realised they didn't ask for enough :rolleyes::rolleyes:

curtlyb

Sarahsaver wrote: »

We are taking the kids to the sea life centre..

three scenarios
1) All Sealife centre staff are on strike on Thursday due an aggrievance at being treated like pondlife
2) All Sealife Centres are closed on Thursday due to a staff shortage because of the teachers strike
3) It'll be heaving because of the strike and Kelloggs vouchers

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

seven-day-weekend

Is there anything wrong with a parent booking annual leave to look after their children? How has that cost them money?

gregg1

haylibo wrote: »

Oh but it does. It is the reaction of parents to the teaching profession that ultimately affects the feelings pupils have for their teachers, surely.
The strike action of the 1980s did a lot of damage to the profession and in my local community where lots of people were living on below average incomes, teachers lost standing and respect by refusing to work or provide any extra curricula activities for pupils when at work.

You have missed my point. What I was saying was that I fail to see how someone "not agreeing" that teachers are overworked changes the fact that they actually are overworked. I am not saying this does not apply to some other professions, of course it does. But how can you make a sweeping statement like that if you have not done the job yourself!

The fact that others in a community live on below average incomes is not really relevant. Surely it depends on the job someone is doing and how much responsibility goes with it as to how much they get paid.

Sarahsaver

seven-day-weekend wrote: »

Is there anything wrong with a parent booking annual leave to look after their children? How has that cost them money?

Most people cannot book leave at that short notice!

seven-day-weekend

Sarahsaver wrote: »

Most people cannot book leave at that short notice!

How much notice? A week?

I always could when I was working,espeially if it was only one day, but thinking about it my son always has to book it weeks in advance.

However, he can swop his days off at short notice so could cover that way (if he had any children!).

Perhaps it is a big deal for some families and they are not just miffed because they have to look after their children themselves.

I apologise to all for whom it is genuinely difficult.

Spendless

Sarahsaver wrote: »

Well back to the original point :rotfl:
What ARE people doing about Thursday if they need childcare and are supposed to be at work?

I'm being thankful that I haven't yet returned to work, as between school hols, sickness, child being sent home after being injured by another one lunchtime:rolleyes: , teacher training days, election days and a strike, not sure how much time I'd have spent at work:D

Broken_hearted

gregg1 wrote: »

You have missed my point. What I was saying was that I fail to see how someone "not agreeing" that teachers are overworked changes the fact that they actually are overworked. I am not saying this does not apply to some other professions, of course it does. But how can you make a sweeping statement like that if you have not done the job yourself!

The fact that others in a community live on below average incomes is not really relevant. Surely it depends on the job someone is doing and how much responsibility goes with it as to how much they get paid.

Two points
1 I have worked in plenty of schools rural and inner city so can see full well how much/little effort they are putting in.
2 My father worked as a teacher he loved his job never complained about being overworked infact it was less work than his previous job as a welder. He taught troubled teenagers the ones other teachers couldn't handle who had been kicked out of their schools.
As for the money side he is nor ever has been short of money and has a great pension.