Another sector the Tories have failed in. It’s been quite apparent since the day they were elected in 2010 they don’t give a shit yet we have them 13 years.
Good on them. A sector that underpins every facet of society and yet the people that power it so often appear widely disrespected.
Well done to teachers for standing up for themselves. They, like those in many other sectors, have had their good will taken for granted more and more over the years and they absolutely do not deserve for their lives and livelihoods to be run roughshod over for the sake of the Tories regressive politics.
Twelve years of Tory economics had lead to this point. They’ve fucked every part of the public sector and act like we the workers are in the wrong.
The fucking cheek of it.
When one sector goes on strike, I think it’s fair to look into and decide whether you agree or disagree with the strike.
When you have strike after strike coming out of different sectors, it’s time to question the government’s ability to govern.
So proud of my union for successfully balloting for strike action.
All the usual far right talking points about teachers will be doing the rounds soon. Don’t believe the lies the scum are about to throw at us and come support your local picket if the strike action does go ahead.
Everyone should join a Union. Together we are stronger!
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If you can dont forget to support strike funds folks! Remember the arent being paid for the strike time and they’re holding government to account!
We’re finally standing up for ourselves and the education of the countries children.
This wasn’t our first choice, we tried to tell the government things were wrong, for years we tried. This is our final resort, we have been forced to this action.
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This is why so many qualified educators are in other fields/industries now. Pay and hours are sub-standard.
As a teacher I look forward to the public and news media turning on us yet again, but this was unavoidable thanks to years of shite we have put up with.
I know it isn’t surprising but that the media are not crucifying the tories over these strikes still seems off, striking now feels normal and it isn’t. For these sectors it’s significant. They try to tell people this, it’s a big deal, a sacrifice, something that is the result of years of struggling but the media still like to present it as though workers are just being petulant and flippant.
I think things can be revealed inadvertently with things like this, because so much of the rhetoric of the media and government is basically treating workers as of the servant class and not their equals.
Like we live in capitalism where everyone looks at the wage of jobs before they apply, and everyone will quit immediately, in an interview or on their first day if the employer has lied about their wage. As is everyone’s right to. Suddenly you’re a nurse for a few years and you’re supposed to accept changes for the worse year on year.
As unions say, it’s a straightforward tussle, back and forth negotiations. It’s not new. Anything emotive makes no sense, trying to frame it as though ordinary working people were born to do their job and must accept everything, like a slave or servant, doesn’t fit the economy we live in.
Got friends who are teachers. I fully back this strike. Fuck the Tories.
The government can gaslight and ignore separate sectors striking. They cant ignore a general strike.
Well, they would probably try.
Good. Join a union where you can. If there isn’t one. Organise.
This is going to anger a lot of people who would never get a job in teaching, wouldn’t last five minutes if they did, but think teachers are overpaid and lazy and always on holiday.
You guys should have walked out when Gove first reared his head. Sure the kids will be at home and it will be a pain, but that is a small sacrifice to make sure you all get paid properly.
The government will tell you the nation are against you but it’s not true. Right now the polls are hugely in favour of all the strikes
2005 at school teachers telling me I have to go to uni or i won’t get a good job
2023 teachers all complaining their jobs shite and the pays shite
🙂
glad I dropped out and got a trade
Sadly, the government will have an easier time making teachers appear to be the villains here. While teachers do a job that is as vital and as challenging as nurses and paramedics, they are not as loved by the general public because many people have bad memories from school. Too many people believe the ‘those who cannot do, teach’ bollocks and think the job is a dross; those same people would not last until lunchtime if they were to try being a teacher for a day.
Teachers wages are shit for what they do.
I’m a teaching assistant and see the workload the have in and out of school. My wages have only recently gone up too and it’s still below minimum wage per hour.
I’m starting to wonder how all these above inflation rises will be paid for.
It has to come from tax surely?
Lol at everyone saying this is because kf the tories, I remember under Labour the NUT doing at least one strike a year, was God as we got day of school.
There’s a reason those who can do, and those who can’t teach
some little shits off from school set of my buildings fire alarm off today.
Still support the teachers strike though.
If you totalled up all the lost GDP incurred by the inability to bring closure, since it began; including things like the daily payouts to rail companies so as to immunise them from the industrial action.
Then total the hypothetical expected annual costs of meeting the union demands (or near enough, there of).
After what period of time would the latter be less? & if we’ve already passed that point, how many days of strike action would constitute one year in terms of the latter? How many years of potential settlement are they willing to squander?
At some point, the levels of waste will make any outcome taste Pyrrhic. It’s as if they don’t even care to have any expectations of reelection.
My misses doesnt want more pay, but better conditions.
The utter bs she has got to put up with is unbelievable
Wife is a teacher absolute horrific profession, its not the money but the workloads
I can’t wait to see the tory press telling us what a shit job the teachers have done and how they’ve been betraying us. .
Teachers and nurses should be paid a *minimum* of £80,000
Public sector pay should have a triple lock of the minimum between
Pensions
Private sector pay
MP salaries
Reading news regarding teachers and nurses using food banks to survive.
Under any government this is disgraceful.
I’m disappointed that this strike is almost entirely about pay and not that working conditions have created an environment where teachers can’t teach effectively.
Teachers keep saying they’re overworked.. more money doesn’t change that, probably just leads to other cuts to make it worse.
I’m really surprised at the supportive comments, thank you!
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We’re at the point where we have a calendar to keep informed of what sectors are striking which days
How in the world is anyone still supporting the Conservative party? (Please Keir, fix your shit too)
Good. Teachers put up with too much shit. No extra pay and they’re treated like day care. Why the fuck should they get up earlier for “breakfast club” and stay later for “after school club”
If the government wants to give people free daycare then it should be separate from teaching
Yee haw, lets have more strikes please!
I’m all for this country having a good adjustment to the balance of power.
At this point since everybody’s on strike I would just withdraw that anti strike legislation. Tell everyone they can strike as much as they want and offer the pay review rates to everyone. Then just apologize to the public and say you have no money. Tories are already fucked next election anyway.
It baffles me how people think it’s okay to fuck up the future of children over a bit of money and a few days off.
Teachers and nurses fully deserve a rise and better working conditions, those ukip brexiteer RMT numpties are getting way to much free publicity….
They should be given an examination to see if they still pass the bar to be a Teacher,
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Another sector the Tories have failed in. It’s been quite apparent since the day they were elected in 2010 they don’t give a shit yet we have them 13 years.
Good on them. A sector that underpins every facet of society and yet the people that power it so often appear widely disrespected.
Well done to teachers for standing up for themselves. They, like those in many other sectors, have had their good will taken for granted more and more over the years and they absolutely do not deserve for their lives and livelihoods to be run roughshod over for the sake of the Tories regressive politics.
Twelve years of Tory economics had lead to this point. They’ve fucked every part of the public sector and act like we the workers are in the wrong.
The fucking cheek of it.
When one sector goes on strike, I think it’s fair to look into and decide whether you agree or disagree with the strike.
When you have strike after strike coming out of different sectors, it’s time to question the government’s ability to govern.
So proud of my union for successfully balloting for strike action.
All the usual far right talking points about teachers will be doing the rounds soon. Don’t believe the lies the scum are about to throw at us and come support your local picket if the strike action does go ahead.
Everyone should join a Union. Together we are stronger!
[deleted]
If you can dont forget to support strike funds folks! Remember the arent being paid for the strike time and they’re holding government to account!
We’re finally standing up for ourselves and the education of the countries children.
This wasn’t our first choice, we tried to tell the government things were wrong, for years we tried. This is our final resort, we have been forced to this action.
[removed]
This is why so many qualified educators are in other fields/industries now. Pay and hours are sub-standard.
As a teacher I look forward to the public and news media turning on us yet again, but this was unavoidable thanks to years of shite we have put up with.
I know it isn’t surprising but that the media are not crucifying the tories over these strikes still seems off, striking now feels normal and it isn’t. For these sectors it’s significant. They try to tell people this, it’s a big deal, a sacrifice, something that is the result of years of struggling but the media still like to present it as though workers are just being petulant and flippant.
I think things can be revealed inadvertently with things like this, because so much of the rhetoric of the media and government is basically treating workers as of the servant class and not their equals.
Like we live in capitalism where everyone looks at the wage of jobs before they apply, and everyone will quit immediately, in an interview or on their first day if the employer has lied about their wage. As is everyone’s right to. Suddenly you’re a nurse for a few years and you’re supposed to accept changes for the worse year on year.
As unions say, it’s a straightforward tussle, back and forth negotiations. It’s not new. Anything emotive makes no sense, trying to frame it as though ordinary working people were born to do their job and must accept everything, like a slave or servant, doesn’t fit the economy we live in.
Got friends who are teachers. I fully back this strike. Fuck the Tories.
The government can gaslight and ignore separate sectors striking. They cant ignore a general strike.
Well, they would probably try.
Good. Join a union where you can. If there isn’t one. Organise.
This is going to anger a lot of people who would never get a job in teaching, wouldn’t last five minutes if they did, but think teachers are overpaid and lazy and always on holiday.
You guys should have walked out when Gove first reared his head. Sure the kids will be at home and it will be a pain, but that is a small sacrifice to make sure you all get paid properly.
The government will tell you the nation are against you but it’s not true. Right now the polls are hugely in favour of all the strikes
2005 at school teachers telling me I have to go to uni or i won’t get a good job
2023 teachers all complaining their jobs shite and the pays shite
🙂
glad I dropped out and got a trade
Sadly, the government will have an easier time making teachers appear to be the villains here. While teachers do a job that is as vital and as challenging as nurses and paramedics, they are not as loved by the general public because many people have bad memories from school. Too many people believe the ‘those who cannot do, teach’ bollocks and think the job is a dross; those same people would not last until lunchtime if they were to try being a teacher for a day.
Teachers wages are shit for what they do.
I’m a teaching assistant and see the workload the have in and out of school. My wages have only recently gone up too and it’s still below minimum wage per hour.
I’m starting to wonder how all these above inflation rises will be paid for.
It has to come from tax surely?
Lol at everyone saying this is because kf the tories, I remember under Labour the NUT doing at least one strike a year, was God as we got day of school.
There’s a reason those who can do, and those who can’t teach
some little shits off from school set of my buildings fire alarm off today.
Still support the teachers strike though.
If you totalled up all the lost GDP incurred by the inability to bring closure, since it began; including things like the daily payouts to rail companies so as to immunise them from the industrial action.
Then total the hypothetical expected annual costs of meeting the union demands (or near enough, there of).
After what period of time would the latter be less? & if we’ve already passed that point, how many days of strike action would constitute one year in terms of the latter? How many years of potential settlement are they willing to squander?
At some point, the levels of waste will make any outcome taste Pyrrhic. It’s as if they don’t even care to have any expectations of reelection.
My misses doesnt want more pay, but better conditions.
The utter bs she has got to put up with is unbelievable
Wife is a teacher absolute horrific profession, its not the money but the workloads
I can’t wait to see the tory press telling us what a shit job the teachers have done and how they’ve been betraying us. .
Teachers and nurses should be paid a *minimum* of £80,000
Public sector pay should have a triple lock of the minimum between
Pensions
Private sector pay
MP salaries
Reading news regarding teachers and nurses using food banks to survive.
Under any government this is disgraceful.
I’m disappointed that this strike is almost entirely about pay and not that working conditions have created an environment where teachers can’t teach effectively.
Teachers keep saying they’re overworked.. more money doesn’t change that, probably just leads to other cuts to make it worse.
I’m really surprised at the supportive comments, thank you!
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We’re at the point where we have a calendar to keep informed of what sectors are striking which days
How in the world is anyone still supporting the Conservative party? (Please Keir, fix your shit too)
Good. Teachers put up with too much shit. No extra pay and they’re treated like day care. Why the fuck should they get up earlier for “breakfast club” and stay later for “after school club”
If the government wants to give people free daycare then it should be separate from teaching
Yee haw, lets have more strikes please!
I’m all for this country having a good adjustment to the balance of power.
At this point since everybody’s on strike I would just withdraw that anti strike legislation. Tell everyone they can strike as much as they want and offer the pay review rates to everyone. Then just apologize to the public and say you have no money. Tories are already fucked next election anyway.
It baffles me how people think it’s okay to fuck up the future of children over a bit of money and a few days off.
Teachers and nurses fully deserve a rise and better working conditions, those ukip brexiteer RMT numpties are getting way to much free publicity….
They should be given an examination to see if they still pass the bar to be a Teacher,