It would appear not one of the teachers from our kids primary is striking on Thursday! What's that all about, thought most of them were up for it??
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Many kids off on Thursday due to the strike?
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Posted 11 months ago #
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you sound dissapointed
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My kids (one primary, one secondary) are both off. As is my wife who's a teacher.
And it's my birthday so we're going to have a nice family lunch somewhere rural
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I'm 'off', but both my kids are in school = win
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Not disappointed just surprised! Bit of a result there wwaswas!
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Our primary school is still open on Thursday too.
But the communication from the head is pretty useless normally so the wife will probably get a text a 8.37am on Thursday morning to say its closed!!!
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As is my wife who's a teacher.
And it's my birthday so we're going to have a nice family lunch somewhere rural
And that is where I have issue with it, one of my teacher friends had a spa day on the last strike... beggars belief, if you are striking then use that time to march/protest/get your point across, not just have a day off.
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I think most teachers are 'up for' a day off, but very few are going to strike? As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers. Can't even organise themselves into a decent strike.
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As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers.
Who said it ?
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And that is where I have issue with it, one of my teacher friends had a spa day on the last strike... beggars belief, if you are striking then use that time to march/protest/get your point across, not just have a day off.
Why? They're not getting paid. And they may not even agree with the strike, but have chosen to abide by the democratic decision reached by the members.
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Mine are both off. I thought I'd use the potentially inconvenient situation to try and make a symbolic gesture that would teach my kids something invaluable about industrial relations.
So... It took a bit of arranging. Neither were keen to start with. But now I've got Michael Gove and Bob Crow both coming round to my house to do a theatre workshop. In the morning they'll do puppet-making, then in the afternoon, a show re-enacting the miners strike. The girls are really looking forward to it
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if you are striking then use that time to march/protest/get your point across, not just have a day off.
I'm helping to distribute leaflets outside work in the morning and then going to the rally in Middlebrough at lunchtime. As are most/all of my striking colleagues.
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I think most teachers are 'up for' a day off, but very few are going to strike? As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers. Can't even organise themselves into a decent strike
or maybe just not all the unions have called for and voted on a strike?
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As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers.Who said it ?
he has so it must be true
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Mine are both off. I thought I'd use the potentially inconvenient situation to try and make a symbolic gesture that would teach my kids something invaluable about industrial relations.
So... It took a bit of arranging. Neither were keen to start with. But now I've got Michael Gove and Bob Crow both coming round to my house to do a theatre workshop. In the morning they'll do puppet-making, then in the afternoon, a show re-enacting the miners strike. The girls are really looking forward to it
Hahahaha! PMSL!!!
I think most teachers are 'up for' a day off, but very few are going to strike? As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers. Can't even organise themselves into a decent strike
Didn't PMSL.
I'm NASUWT. My union didn't call for action. But there aren't enough teachers in to run the school effectively and safely, so I'll be out on my bike. Like a selfish lazy fecker.
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My GF is striking and, somewhat ironically, is going to use the day to do to get up to date with the reports and paperwork that she hasn't got time to do in a normal week.
She is one of only 3 teachers in her school who are striking as not all unions have called one.
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i
m not even a teacher and im off on a march. (its my day off)Bascially the wife will have to pay nearly twice as much for half the pension!
looking forward to it.
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One of my kids is off, the other at school. I have every sympathy for the teachers, even if not all of them realise the political importance of their actions, some of them are really young, just at he beginning of their political awakening. I shall be down at the gates with my kid, handing out leaflets to passers-by and parents who have limited understanding of the plight of public sector workers
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It's not just three teaching unions which are in strike on thursday btw, the civil service union the PCS will also be taking strike action.
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My GF is striking and, somewhat ironically, is going to use the day to do to get up to date with the reports and paperwork that she hasn't got time to do in a normal week
I did similar when last out on strike. There was stuff that needed to be done, but a also a message which needed to be sent, so I registered a strike day and missed out on the pay for the work which I did, but it was worth it for me.
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the civil service union the PCS will also be taking strike action
I hope PCS members support the strike better than they've done on previous occasions - where I work there's usually no picket line and no perceptible difference in attendance.
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Well they're fairly bolshie down my manor johnners - PCS members make up the backbone of the Trades Council backed Croydon Alliance for Public Services, which was formed some time ago to resist government onslaught on public services.
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I am refusing to cross a picket line at work [ different union long story] so I am effectively striking/breaching my contract. I am expecting a disciplinary hearing on this issue next week
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As has been said before a bunch of selfish lazy feckers
I thought you said you didn't understand trolling?
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ernie_lynch - Member
It's not just three teaching unions which are in strike on thursday btw, the civil service union the PCS will also be taking strike action.And the Union and College Union. Many of us are in the same pension scheme as the teachers.
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Anyone else going to the Boro rally?
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The forum is going to be unbearable on Thursday. Almost as bad as listening to Wimbledon on the radio. Better find myself something to do.
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I'm NASUWT. My union didn't call for action. But there aren't enough teachers in to run the school effectively and safely, so I'll be out on my bike. Like a selfish lazy fecker.
And happily hand back anything the unions win for you or go to work, even if there are no kids. If you're not on strike, you must be working, no?he has so it must be true
He has so he must believe in what he says. Don't want to be putting words into other people's mouths, do we?I thought you said you didn't understand trolling?
Why isn't there a little smiley with a halo? Posted 11 months ago # -
I'll be less affected by the Tories' proposals due to being very long in the tooth and I have no classes on Thursday but I shall be on the picket line.
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he has so it must be true
He has so he must believe in what he says. Don't want to be putting words into other people's mouths, do we?
So you believe I am a lazy and selfish fecker, well I believe your a daft **** with a lack of intelligence.
edited to say had I known **** would be blanked out I'd have just called you a **** and been done with it.
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I lost my final salary pension 6 years ago in the private sector and basically we had to accept it with no consultation at all.
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Yep, my lads off school on thursday. Luckily I work from home and the wife's doesn't work thursdays so we are ok, but I know a few have struggled to get child care for that day.
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So you believe I am a lazy and selfish fecker, well I believe your a daft **** with a lack of intelligence.
edited to say had I known **** would be blanked out I'd have just called you a **** and been done with it.
You're perfectly entitled to believe what you want, whether it's true is another matter. The bible anyone?Posted 11 months ago # -
Might take my lad to Gisburn forest for a ride, anyone like to join us?
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pop larkin - Member
I lost my final salary pension 6 years ago in the private sector and basically we had to accept it with no consultation at all.
I was assaulted in the street and robbed by three blokes with baseball bats resulting in a 4 month hospital stay.
By your reasoning I should want everyone else to have it done to them too.
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