AIBU to expect teachers to strike in the school holidays and not in term time.

[NotSuchASmugMarriedNow]

Well am I?

Considering that teachers are always insisting that they work during the school holidays, how come they never strike during the school holidays and always wait until term time to do so?

Odd that!

Yes - OP, you are right. They should strike when it will have no impact on anyone at all. FAB idea.

This has to be a wind up surely??

I personally think that all teachers should strike until Gove is taken out and shot resigns. (But we'd need to find a way to pay them!!)

The thing is, even when the ideas that gove's department cone up with are completely bonkers (childcare ratios, new history curriculum) he doesn't listen.

The conservatives don't have a majority, but have pushed through massive changes (free schools not so much a radical alternative for some, but the only option for any new school at a time when there is a shortage of places).

Teachers striking can't come as a surprise to anyone. I don't think every thing Gove does is wrong and I think some NUT representatives talk like idiots. However, given the lack of alternative means of communication I am surprised there haven't been more strikes.

Also agree that a day's strike is less harmful than weeks of work to rule.

The reality is that 'striking during the holidays' (no planning/training) would be very damaging indeed.

MistressIggi, the parallel you draw between LTB and the threat of strike action is a compelling one.

I didn't think of it myself.

Work to rule is very hard indeed,as the effects are slow to emerge, so the government doesn't give a stuff.

In Victoria the AEU ponced around with mini-actions and work to rule, but it took strikes to get the government to the table. And this with a single teachers' union.

YABU and sounding slightly stupid.

Researdch strikes.

Are you also aware teachers loose a day of pay when they strike?

everyone loses a day of pay when they strike.

I hope it is not teachers who are calling the OP "stupid" - the word has been banned at our school as part of the anti bullying policy....

The OP admitted she was unreasonable on page 3.

The thing is, the unions keep saying it's all about pensions, pay and conditions. It isn't. There are issues with that, but it's old news. The biggest issue is that the opportunities to actually EDUCATE are becoming fewer by the day. The emphasis is wrong. It's letting down children and families nationwide. The policies don't reflect reality. If that's what you want for your children, then fine. It's not what I want for mine. Good luck to them. I'd rather teachers be allowed to actually teach.

Teaching always used to be considered a profession, not an industry.