Good luck striking teachers!

[Sweet FA]

Hope you have a successful day - me and Lil'FA are just back from delivering doughnuts to the local 6th Form College picket and getting wrapped up for the rally in town at 11. Lil'FA considers the chance her summer holiday might be cut "outrageous". I'm fucked off about that and everything else.

Rallies and marches in Bristol, Durham, London.

South East and South West regional rallies/marches.

Why we're striking.

 

[butchersapron]

It's illegal to strike teachers isn't it? Firstbus in bristol are warning of delays because of the strikers march - sounds like a fair sized turnout.

 

[Sweet FA]

Southampton's not a hotbed of activism but we got a few hundred last time. Council have "unfortunately pre-booked" the Guildhall Square so we're shoved into a corner of the park...

 

[butchersapron]

As suggested pretty good numbers on the bristol march thing:

 

[nagapie]

I think today's going to be a big one. When I collected names for the union of strikers, there was a really good turn out and different from before was that a lot of young teachers fairly new to the profession were going out. The last couple of years it's really been the old guard but now the younger ones are starting to see how fucked around they're getting. I'll be on the march in spirit as unfortunately I'm not physically able to join this year.

Heard a few parents grumbling this morning

 

[isvicthere?]

You go, NUT!

 

[el-ahrairah]

solidarity, teachers.

 

[Yelkcub]

Westminster must be busy. My feed has lots of people stuck in traffic calling them cunts.

 

[Hocus Eye.]

I support this strike.

 

[Crispy]

I'll just paste my fb post:
There are few jobs I respect more than teaching. And there are few British politicians I hate more than that malicious waste of flesh Gove. Teachers: Give him one from me today.

 

[ddraig]

#teacherROAR
go on go on

 

[Sweet FA]

As a mate said when I sent him the photo, "Do you teach in Middle Earth then?"

About 150 turned up in the end.

 

[Wilf]

Just heard my union, UCU, is going on strike on the 31st October.

 

[butchersapron]

About 3000+ on the bristol rally apparently. Possibly more.

 

[Sweet FA]

Westminster must be busy. My feed has lots of cunts stuck in traffic calling them cunts.

CFY

 

[treelover]

CFY?

 

[Sweet FA]

Corrected For You

 

[redsquirrel]

About 3000+ on the bristol rally apparently. Possibly more.

Not too bad at all. Better than the measly turnout we got recently.

Solidarity comrades.

 

[Sweet FA]

Good luck today if you're out. Bit of a pain that it's only NUT so they'll keep a lot of places open.

Link to Gove's letter + NUT response.

March & rally details.

 

[goldenecitrone]

Good luck today if you're out. Bit of a pain that it's only NUT so they'll keep a lot of places open.

Link to Gove's letter + NUT response.

March & rally details.

Again? Unbelievable. I suppose you all want more holidays as well. And a golden blackboard or something.

Bottom of the class, Gove.

Good luck strikers!

 

[Thora]

Good luck today if you're out. Bit of a pain that it's only NUT so they'll keep a lot of places open.

Link to Gove's letter + NUT response.

March & rally details.

My kid's nursery school is shut today.

 

[Sprocket.]

I support any workers taking any action to improve their situation.
Sadly there are far too many people in this country ready to vilify teachers and any other striking workers from their blue tinted world, who always seem to get the majority of air time and column inches every time some action is taking place.
Radio 5 Live seems like a candle to moths this morning.

 

[Sweet FA]

Yeah, I nearly burst a vein in my forehead screaming at R4 earlier

 

[treefrog]

As I was saying to Balbi this morning, this week I'm doing about 55 hours worth of work. I'm knackered, stressed, and this is an unusually busy time for me at my school out here in sunny Auckland. I can't imagine coping with that as a regular workload, no idea how he manages. So yeah, absolute support from down here, give 'em hell. We really don't deserve the treatment we get from the empty suits

 

[Dan U]

My wifes old school a lot of them wanted to strike but they were told if they did they wouldn't be able to attend an event this evening they have been preparing a load of the kids for for months - and neither would the kids therefore.

So they've gone to work but are going to picket before, after and at lunch.

Those feckless teachers, going home at 3pm and only thinking about themselves eh.

 

[Onket]

It's probation workers next week. Not sure if there's a thread.

All the best to the striking teachers today, especially those on picket lines, etc.

 

[el-ahrairah]

UP THE TEACHERS!

 

[comrade spurski]

My school has 1 teacher out (I am a teaching assistant)...the acting head has intimidated and blackmailed staff ... the school was shut last time.
My daughters school (around the corner) is shut...the deputy tried to make me bring her into work and got well arsey when I refused. She reminded me of my responsibility to the children!!!!
Glad its going so well elsewhere

 

[teqniq]

All the best to the teachers indeed.

 

[Blagsta]

solidarity