...to be giddy with excitement at the thought of the DCs going to school on a Saturday?

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...to make up for time lost during the possible strike action on 30th Nov? Have been told where I work that we will maintain a basic service if the srike action goes ahead and that we will be expected to go in on a Saturday to scan any lists cancelled on the 30th...Obviously schools will be following the same fair play wont they? Wont they?? Oohh! A day Christmas shopping, just me and DH, no DCs and no childcare to arrange as they'll be in school...You don't think I'm hoping for too much do you?

No, but I think your employer might be. Are they allowed to do that?

What's the point of going on strike if you make up the hours another day? It's supposed to be withdrawal of labour, not retimetabling of it.

My post was a bit tongue in cheek! We don't have to go in but they'd appreciate the help catching up with the back-log if we do strike...

Erm- I don't think you understand the basic premise of strike action. The whole point is that the day of work is missed. It isn't 'made up' by working extra hours

So, very poor effort for yet another attempt at a school-bashing thread ! Do your homework more carefully next time!

I think you're telling a wee porky pie about your job too. If you really have a job , surely you understand how industrial action works?!

Withdrawal of labour in an antenatal scanning service could mean some ladies missing out on screening noblegiraffe so not really an option for us.

callmemrs. 'tongue in cheek'...Yes I do have a job. Industrial action in it's truest form is not a viable option for some sectors. Not school-bashing at all. Chip on shoulder much?!

Sorry, I don't understand your post.

Is it "I'm going on strike but still having a dig at schools' for doing the same"?

YABU

Not at all- I'm not even a teacher but these school bashing by stealth threads are frankly hilarious.

If you work, presumably you understand how strikes work? No?!

We don't yet know if we Are going to strike Limejelly. Hoping not.

Never striked before callmemrs, we are awaiting advice.

Leave the union and don't strike then, if you're so against it.

No need to leave the union, my union is currently balloting opinion, may not come to strike action. I'm personally against it and know that I can choose my own path...As I said, this was a tongue in cheek thread, I have many friends in the teaching profession so not Teacher-bashing. Off to try some Chrimbo shopping with the DC's in-tow...!

What noblegiraffe says. No one is holding a gun to your head. Everyones situation is personal, and for some people the proposed pension changes will affect them far more adversely than others. Also, some public sector workers may be better able to cope with a pay freeze than others.

Seriously- its really wrong to try to foist your opinion on others. I have a friend who works part time in the public sector. She is very against striking- but then her husband is a high earner in the private sector, they have no money worries etc. Fine for her to have her personal views - but if she were a young parent struggling in a low paid public sector job she might well feel differently

Don't teachers get paid more than NHS workers? Why would they be more affected by the pay freeze/pension debacles?

I think you misunderstood my post rocks.
I am not comparing one profession with another (and incidentally there are so many different gradings and posts in the health and education sector that some health workers would be paid more than some teachers and vice versa). I was saying that individuals are affected differently.

For example, my dds form tutor is a teacher who took industrial action for a day back in the summer. Not all the staff did , and the school largely remained open, certainly for older pupils.

This tutor is the most exceptional teacher Ive known. She has given so much time and effort towards dd on the pastoral side, as well as teaching a full load. If I turn up at school at 6 pm to pick dd up from a match, this tutor is often there, cheering from the sideline- she clearly puts hours of work in and is a damn good teacher too. I didn't begrudge her striking at all. She is a young single woman so probably struggling to make ends meet. Some of the teachers who didn't strike are far better off, have high earning partners and have probably been in the career long enough to have decent pensions. That doesn't necessarily make them better or more committed. They just have different circumstances.

That was the point of my post- accepting that you cant make sweeping comparisons between people because individuals are in different situations.

The OP seemed to be on some mission to point out how committed she is and indispensable and how if her less committed colleagues strike, she'll end up making up their hours on a weekend. And she then seemed to be trying to do a school bashing by stealth thread to do so. Very tiresome and silly!

Callme, just to clarify in case you weren't aware, some of the teachers who didn't strike in the summer didn't strike because they were against strike action but because their union wasn't striking.

I'm in the NASUWT, we didn't strike in the summer, we weren't even balloted then but we have been balloted now and the expected outcome is to strike on the 30th.

Not because they were against strike action, that should read.

Yes, its important to clarify that, I know unions have acted at different times. The point is really that no one should judge anothers actions because everyones circumstances are different. If the OPs colleagues take action, it will not be a reflection of how hard working and commited they are. They may be struggling to make ends meet and very worried about long term security.

callmemrs- Nowhere have a judged my colleagues for their actions! In fact, I am such a 'sheep' I'll prob just do as advised by the majority...Can't see how I seem to be 'on a mission' to point out my own worthiness- I stated that we were not oblidged to do the Saturday session! Anyway, as I said, attempt at a jokey thread, clearly comedy is not my gift, clearly hit a nerve, over and out... By the way callmemrs...are you my MIL?