Apparently there is a public sector strike going on...

[Mich the Tester]

some of the schools did.

Teachers off.

Some Union woman on the radio yesterday complaining that teaching assistant only get £10k a year. She had been to the Maggie Thatcher school of elocution, was really weird.

Maggie Fatchah

[Pogle]

******* unions.
If you don't like your job, then **** off and let someone else who wants it take it.

oh **** off yourself

[vetran]

You think TA's only work the same hours kids are in school? ROFL!!!

yes, many of the ones I know do. There seem to be jobs with the set hours. Top two with hours from a search.

Teaching Assistant

https://emea3.recruitmentplatform.co...i&sType=Indeed

seem to be plenty of them about.

Teaching Assistant Jobs, vacancies | Indeed.co.uk

[Old Greg]

******* unions.
If you don't like your job, then **** off and let someone else who wants it take it.

It's more likely that they do like their jobs but see an opportunity to use their collective muscle to improve their position in terms of pay and/or conditions.

Hope that helps clear up any misunderstanding.

[eek]

What I want to know is why do the public sector only strike 1 day at a time.

Is it because they are frightened that a longer term strike would reveal they perform no useful tasks so could be just got rid off..

[SpontaneousOrder]

yeah lets just pay teachers and firemen minimum wage im sure some immigrants will take up the slack.

If they want more money they can just quit and find a higher paying job. By going on strike, with the legal protection they're offered, they're risking the lives of people like you and I for money.

Firefighters make GOOD money for relatively unskilled workers, and there are hundreds of applicants for every vacancy.

They disgust me.

[Old Greg]

If they want more money they can just quit and find a higher paying job. By going on strike, with the legal protection they're offered, they're risking the lives of people like you and I for money.

Firefighters make GOOD money for relatively unskilled workers, and there are hundreds of applicants for every vacancy.

They disgust me.

Bankers disgust me. Lots of people disgust lots of other people. It's the rich fabric of life.

But they don't have to quit their job. They can go on strike. It's simple economics.

[vetran]

Firefighters make GOOD money for relatively unskilled workers, and there are hundreds of applicants for every vacancy.

that's the key thing

[BoredBloke]

If they want more money they can just quit and find a higher paying job. By going on strike, with the legal protection they're offered, they're risking the lives of people like you and I for money.

Firefighters make GOOD money for relatively unskilled workers, and there are hundreds of applicants for every vacancy.

They disgust me.

Plus most have a second job and retire very young on a good pension. That said, I don't think I'd fancy running into a burning building and I certainly wouldn't be bringing the matter up while they were dragging me out.

[Old Greg]

What I want to know is why do the public sector only strike 1 day at a time.

Is it because they are frightened that a longer term strike would reveal they perform no useful tasks so could be just got rid off..

I don't think they have enough support in the membership for longer term strikes.

An all out indefinite strike by the whole public sector may reveal that they do perform some useful tasks.