Teacher strikes "biggest drag on economic growth" - ONS

[noblegiraffe]

The UK economy saw no growth in February.

The BBC reports "Walkouts by teachers nationwide on 1 February and in some regions of England on 28 February had been the biggest drag on growth, the ONS said."

There were two further NEU national strike days in March, so that will have affected growth in March and there are two further planned for April/May and three in June/July. Two additional teaching unions are planning a reballot for strike action in the summer.

The government clearly doesn't give a shit about education, but the one thing that it is supposed to care about is economic growth.

So it should stop fucking around with teachers and get back round the negotiating table and come up with a decent offer, shouldn't it?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-65250170

I didn't say Labour voter, I said I didn't think many teachers or nurses vote Tory. The severe underfunding of both health and education, and the contempt the government has held both professions in over the past 13 years has contributed to that.

As far as teachers go, this is certainly backed up by polling data.

This is nothing to do with tribalism, and mainly to do with Tory policies being shit for anyone working at the front line of public services. We have direct experience of the impact.

“U.K. governments refusal to pay teachers a fair salary biggest drag on economic growth" - fixed it 😊

The Torys are biggest drag Tbf

So we're important enough to be essential to the economy but not important enough to pay properly and try to retain. It just doesn't make sense...

Oh come on. Just another bullshit stick to beat teachers with.

Remember the late 80s the teacher's strikes...basically a political move to being down the tories..😅😅😅 most teachers are socialist middle class and want a Stalinist state..Sadly ain't going to happen. They get more holiday than Judith Charmers

I dunno, I'd like it to be true.

Fuck around and find out.

They get more holiday than Judith Charmers

Gosh, how original.

Teachers are essentially part time seasonal
workers anyway

Teachers are essentially part time seasonal workers anyway

Are you available for stand up?

As I see the 'loads of holidays' twat brigade has arrived, perhaps they could explain why, since teaching is such a doss job, there are a huge number of vacancies and fuck all people signing up to train to teach?

It’s a mystery, noble

You’d think they’d be beating our door down

No

Half of parents can't work when the teachers are on strike so of course there is a knock on effect on the economy. The train strikes have added to the issue, it isn't only down to teachers. I'm sure the government is paying attention

Incidentally, all sorts of benefits are going up by 10.1%, not just pensions, so it's not a bribe only for elderly Tory voters.

But it does rather damage the argument that they can't put wages up by more than 5% because it would fuel inflation if 12.5 million pensioners are getting 10.1%

Oh dear, it looks like the nurses are going to reject the government pay offer.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/nurses-strike-new-dates-2023-pay-deal-nhs-k5k9xb8vc

So I stand by my earlier claim that I don't think many nurses vote Tory.

It would also screw with the government's plans to paint teachers as unreasonable in comparison to the nurses who 'accepted their offer'. (Their attempt to paint the NEU as unreasonable has already been screwed by all four teaching unions overwhelmingly rejecting the teacher offer).

Half of parents can't work

As many as half? Really? all parents have children that can't be left? That's not the case, is it?