Teachers on strike

The teachers are revolting, the workers are revolting, the peasants are revolting. Send 'em all back to work.
 
If someone earns 100 times more than you any criticism comes from envy. If someone earns 1.5 as much as you any criticism is completely justified.
 
I've just finishe traning and I know of only two teachers who are actually striking.

The last day of the PGCE has been cancelled because the lecturers are deciding to strike.
 
I think the strikes are premature as negotiations are still ongoing. I also think that due to the fact that people are living longer then pension provision does need to change otherwise the private sector will be expected to subsidise public sector pensions to an unfair degree.
 
bunch of guardian reading left wing whale kissing moon maidens. The entire country has to take a hit and why do they think its alright that the tax payers have to continue to fund their pensions so they can retire early ?

Its positively perverse, I hope the Met kettle them in parliament square then open up a napalm cannon on them !!!
 
yes i support them.

this country is becoming a joke and at last people are standing up to the government.

thats just my view on this strike :)
 
It's a myth about the holidays. My wife's a teacher and she's in school for most of half terms, Easter and summer hols with paperwork, clearing out classrooms, redressing them, planning, meetings and so on. Plus, teachers cannot have term time off for holidays so we have to pay through the nose for a break (which is why we haven't had one for 10 years).

Wifey is well paid but then she works damned hard and is very, very good at her job (outstanding according to Ofsted :D ). And it isn't 9-5, either. She leaves at 7:30 and often gets in way after 6pm. Then there's the planning and stuff she has to do in the evening, the report writing, the parent's evenings, the after school meetings, the after school activities, trips...blimey, I'm tired just writing this!


There are however, some really bad teachers out there that don't bother with any of the above, never volunteer for anything and still get paid the same.


Also, I don't know any teacher who has retired early on a tax-payer funded pot of gold.
 
Teachers need a wake up call. For too long they have had it too good. I work in schools around the country as a contactor and all i have heard is moaning about pay freezes and pensions, Well welcome to the real world. I dont have anyone making contributions to my pension? ive had no pay rise in 18months.
There is too many people going into teaching for the easy ride, nice pension, sick pay, plenty of holiday etc The level of care and teaching in some schools is awful, i really hope they Governmnent dont give into these unions.
 
I work in a school and didnt hear any mention of a strike, was only when I arrived this morning and there was an empty car park I found out they were.
 
I didn't support them until i spoke to a teacher and he had worked out that due to the pension changes it works out that he loses around 270k if he works untill 68

Can understand it when you look at it like that. Funnily enough the teacher that told me that isn't even striking today, he is part of one of the unions not involved today
 
Forde said:
It's a myth about the holidays. My wife's a teacher and she's in school for most of half terms, Easter and summer hols with paperwork, clearing out classrooms, redressing them, planning, meetings and so on. Plus, teachers cannot have term time off for holidays so we have to pay through the nose for a break (which is why we haven't had one for 10 years).
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Really? Well during the summer when we are doing infrastructure upgrades in secondary schools we dont see any teachers until the last week
 
Dr House said:
Do people here support the teachers strike?

I just had a look and they seem to get paid quite well considering they get 13 to 18 weeks paid holiday per year and the works hours are quite reasonable.

http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6000186
http://www.tes.co.uk/article.aspx?storycode=6000183
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You really think £36k a year is being paid quite well for a high value profession?

PhilphyPhil said:
Isn't the strike about changes to pensions and not their basic pay?
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The proposed pension changes amount to what is in effect a massive pay cut - increased contributions, longer working hours, smaller pension.
 
No, the current financial strain that the public sector puts on the economy is unsustainable. Adjusting the pensions is just another step in the process of bringing it back in line to a sustainable level. This isn't a dig a teachers because I think they do a damn fine job but something needs to change.
 
XeNoN89 said:
I didn't support them until i spoke to a teacher and he had worked out that due to the pension changes it works out that he loses around 270k if he works untill 68
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How old is said teacher? Because if the changes do mean he would lose around £270,000 doesn't that sort of suggest that the pension scheme is somewhat on the generous side?
 
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