To ask whether those who support a Junior Doctors’ strike would support a strike by teachers?

[Pottedpalm]

i would support a strike by Junior Doctors, though the idea is very frightening as a current patient in the healthcare system.
However, I wonder whether the massive support expressed for the Junior Doctors would be extended to teachers, who are also considering striking.

Didn’t intend to enable voting

I think their grounds for striking are just as good, the outcomes are unlikely to include deaths, and yes of course they should go for it if that is what they vote for

I would support both.

I am a retired teacher and my dd is a medical student. So it's possible I'm biased.

Public services in the UK are chronically underfunded and working conditions for many people (not just teachers and drs) are just awful and the government dont give a toss. Maybe strikes will help make the case.

Yes I support all the workers campaigning for better pay and conditions.

I'm a teacher and have voted to strike. We've had twelve years of pay freezes or below-inflation increases. This year's increase looks generous but is targeted at teachers in the early years of their career, to retain them. The ridiculous mini-budget shows that there is actually a magic money tree so I don't see why the public sector should put up with it any more.

I support anyone that fights for a fairer wage and/or working conditions. Teachers, junior doctors, nurses, carers, post office workers….everyone.

I support everyone's right to strike so yes, teachers too. Not sure why anyone could object to someone fighting for fair pay and conditions but obviously many do.

I would support anyone who wanted to strike right now. Working conditions and pay have been so bad for too many for too long. Something has to give.

I support those striking that need to to get fair pay and conditions. Workers don’t vote to strike lightly, they do so as they are being unfairly treated and the majority of them think that

I’d support both. We were all in it together putting in provisions to help protect jobs (and employers) in the private sector during covid and we had the government constantly praising key workers. Now the crisis is inflation if public sector workers have to tolerate low/no pay rises while everyone is granted tax cuts I don’t blame them at all for taking action. In case of teachers maybe work to rule would be more effective? So go in and teach basic lessons but not do endless hours of paperwork and admin, refuse to engage with Ofsted inspections, do parent “evenings” during an afternoon while kids do some activity supervised by support staff etc. If I were a teaching union I’d see this as an opportunity to say if we can’t have more money then you instead need to improve working conditions, reduce overtime doing admin etc, which in turn will make the profession more attractive and help retain staff. I’m sure teachers could come up with huge lists of stuff they are obliged to do that is more for the benefit of league tables, ofsted etc than the children they teach.

No, teachers have a good salary and plenty of holiday, sociable hours, days off for heat, snow etc.Comparatively, doctors have relatively low pay, lots more training and unsociable hours.

I support both. We will be impacted by both but I support both.

between pay and conditions too many people are being treated awfully by those at the top of the food chain.

@mum2bee2022 a good salary?

@mum2bee2022 Days off for heat and snow???

Right now I support any workers wanting to strike.

Yes, do you have a short memory?

I know 3 teachers, all earning £50k +

No one I know had a day off for heat.
And snow- well if you can't actually get to your workplace then that's that!

Ditto

That is double the starting salary for a teacher.

You'd have a point if it was just schools that closed due to snow and the extreme heat. But we all know that wasn't the case.

I support both junior doctors and teachers/school staff who choose to strike.

Doctors couldn’t take the day off though could they? That is my point…

It depends what they’re asking for. What would you class as fair pay and what is being offered? I think everyone needs a decent pay rise at the moment. I have no problem supporting strikes if what’s being offered is genuinely bad though.

not in my experience it isn’t