Local Authority & ancillary school staff industrial action - Wednesday 20th August - Page 2

djbarry · 19th August 2008, 10:21pm

Well Lenzie Academy and most of the Kirky schools are closed tomorrow. It's good for me because I get cheap free labour.

20th August 2008, 5:58am

South Lanarkshire have kept the secondary schools open and told the kids to bring their own lunch but the primary schools are all off.

My wee Nana has a home help that comes in three times a day to get her up and get her meals sorted - she's not being visited tomorrow because only dementia patients are the priority. I respect folks' right to strike but there's a line I think.

Semprini · 20th August 2008, 6:51am

Will kids be disciplined if they stay off for refusing to cross a picket line?

Tigger · 20th August 2008, 8:42am

Sky's school is open.

Pink punk · 20th August 2008, 9:28am

My neighbours school is off, be she still has to go in (teacher).

My Aunt and cousin are both off as well, leisure centre and Fire Brigade admin.

Witch · 20th August 2008, 9:33am

rachels school's open too but with no janitor, office or cleaning staff

Largest of Als · 20th August 2008, 9:43am

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Originally Posted by Esme

nevermind undermining the rights of those staff to strike and others not to be made cross their picket line.

What about people who don't want to strike or dont want to feel intimidated because they want to cross the picket line , or the kids that want to go to school.. what about their rights?

The strikers are just being selfish!

Al

Tigger · 20th August 2008, 10:33am

Yeah - I have to admit it was a little indimitading this morning. The P1's have only just started and any disruption when you're trying to set a new routine can be a nightmare.

Pink punk · 20th August 2008, 11:35am

Actually, that's a very good point. They're so unsettled at first this can't help them. I do hope they're not picketing primary school gates. That's just too much.

Witch · 20th August 2008, 11:40am

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Originally Posted by Pink punk

Actually, that's a very good point. They're so unsettled at first this can't help them. I do hope they're not picketing primary school gates. That's just too much.

There was a picketline at the main entrance to Rachels primary school at 9am this morning, they'd been there about 40 or so minutes apparently

Tigger · 20th August 2008, 11:56am

Yeah - they're away now (not suprising mind you with this rain) but there were a few of them there this morning. I guess the whole point is to cause as much disruption as possible.

20th August 2008, 12:12pm

I have to say, I do support them because apart from anything else my salary is awarded on the same scale as the local authority employees so if they're successful I'll benefit. I tooted and waved this morning as I drove past the local high school and then had to explain cost of living, inflation and growth to a 7 year old

Tigger · 20th August 2008, 12:22pm

I can understand why you would support them but in my current situation I have to admit that I do find it hard to sympathise.

Esme · 20th August 2008, 5:28pm

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Originally Posted by Largest of Als

What about people who don't want to strike or dont want to feel intimidated because they want to cross the picket line , or the kids that want to go to school.. what about their rights?

The strikers are just being selfish!

Al

Oh please! it's not a 1980's miner's strike. I always find this fear-based image of rabid brick throwing strikers that the British have, hilarious.

They hung about for an hour handing out fliers and drinking tea to stay warm. No yelling, no aggro, nothing like it.
I have no desire to cross a picket, as I work with these people on a daily basis and they are lovely people, who are badly underpaid and treated very poorly. My wish to not cross the picket is for personal, moral reasons, rather than dislike of their 'selfishness'.

Councils waste millions every year, give themselves bonuses and jobs for the boys - yet claim they can't pay support staff an adequate wage (many were axed in the last 2 years as well).

They have a right to make themselves heard and if you were inconvenienced then good - that was the point. If you think some minor inconvenience is more important than employee rights, fair pay and conditions, (rememebr these are real lives) then who is being selfish?

Largest of Als · 20th August 2008, 5:36pm

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Originally Posted by Esme

If you think some minor inconvenience is more important than employee rights, fair pay and conditions, (rememebr these are real lives) then who is being selfish?

Oh, I wasn't inconvenienced in the slightest..

I'm sure many people were.. but this doesnt mean they're being selfish.
If anything, it proves my point that, in putting their own agenda first before everyone esle's including the children, the strikers showed just how selfish they can be.

Al