J30 strike: NUT, PCS, UCU, ATL call for a general strike on June 30th

[ElizabethofYork]

Hang on!

This friend who look's after Elizabeth of York's sick child, can't do so today because she's on strike? on strike from what? she's normally home on a school day...

She works shifts. Why are you trying so desperately hard to disbelieve me?

 

[Lo Siento.]

I've never told her that. Don't try to twist my words please.

You may not have told her that, it'd probably go down quite badly. In any case it's the true meaning of your position. I wonder what super-generous income she's going to get when she retires? I bet it's really extravagant!

 

[ElizabethofYork]

That's really not all that unusual for people not to have any back up. We don't

Exactly. That's why loads of parents have had to lose a day's work today.

 

[nino_savatte]

Doctors are well paid but if they're talking about industrial action, you know things are fucked up.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/30/doctors-ballot-industrial-action-pensions

 

[stethoscope]

Exactly. That's why loads of parents have had to lose a day's work today.

Including those that are striking in some cases.

 

[peterkro]

EoY,have you considered doing something with different with your child today,what with you temporarily free from your slave job and him from his re-education camp.Go out have fun (mostly it's free) you may enjoy it and decide to tell your "I'm only in it to provide jobs for these otherwise destitute people" boss to go fuck himself.

 

[BigTom]

Are people on Urban actually able to have a discussion without insults or foul language?

yes:

If you don't like people swearing/insulting you, don't engage with them. instead, engage with those of us who are talking civilly to you.. answer some of the questions that have been put to you.. start with this one:

What effect do you think worsening public sector pensions will have on private sector pensions?

e2a: if you don't want to be called a troll, why not actually engage with some of the discussion and answer questions..

thing is, it seems like you only respond to those people calling you a stupid fucking cunt so perhaps I should stop being civil?
fancy engaging in discussion? You;'ve still not got round to telling anyone what sector you work in so they can advise you on which
union(s) you can join.. or answering the quesiton I posted above (the bit in bold).. I think this is the third or fourth time I've asked..

 

[spanglechick]

She works shifts. Why are you trying so desperately hard to disbelieve me?

so what happens if your child is ill while she's at work? presumably you have to take a day off work, right? it's the sort of thing parents have to be prepared for. it's a pain in the arse, and costly, but it happens. it's part of what you sign up for when yuou have a child.

 

[ElizabethofYork]

so what happens if your child is ill while she's at work? presumably you have to take a day off work, right? it's the sort of thing parents have to be prepared for. it's a pain in the arse, and costly, but it happens. it's part of what you sign up for when yuou have a child.

Thank you so much for your advice. There was me thinking that I'd just leave the kid to fend for himself.

 

[belboid]

that would probably be better for him/her than being brought up by as dishonest and spiteful a person as you

 

[ElizabethofYork]

that would probably be better for him/her than being brought up by as dishonest and spiteful a person as you

Oh diddums! You really don't like being disagreed with, do you?

How childish!

 

[spanglechick]

Thank you so much for your advice. There was me thinking that I'd just leave the kid to fend for himself.

what i'm saying is that it's hardly a big deal - it happens sometimes and it's hardly worth getting het up over. some years you might need to take three days off to be with your child, for sickness, snow or strike - and some years you might need to take off five. Or one. Par for the course, not unexpected. Getting cross with the strike is like getting cross with your child for being ill. It can't be helped.

 

[belboid]

dont give a shit about being disagreed with. But you have explicitly lied, distorted and ignored everyone but yourself. You are an inherently dishonest person. Nothing to do with any personal feelings, its just a fact.

 

[Onket]

Oh diddums! You really don't like being disagreed with, do you?

How childish!

Are you actually just disagreeing for the sake of it? Are you that pissed off with your own employment and having to actually take a day off that you would rather hundreds and hundreds of thousands of people (apparently including at least one friend of yours who regularly helps you out for free) to be worse off in their retirement?

All so that you can be at work today, for an employer too tightfisted to pay into a half decent pension scheme for you!

 

[Blagsta]

Been on picket line this morning, at social services and library. Good turnout and lots of public support.

 

[ExtraRefined]

Teachers pensions are covered by the amount teachers pay in. They pay their pension into general taxation, and get paid out of general taxation. they pay in more than they get out. you do not subsidise them one penny.

Anyone got a source on this?

 

[ernestolynch]

Can't this ElizabethofYork slag care for her own children? Is she unfit to do so?

 

[madzone]

What's your kid been doing while you've been talking shit on here all day, Elizabeth?

 

[Looby]

Can't this ElizabethofYork slag care for her own children? Is she unfit to do so?

That's uncalled for.

 

[lighterthief]

You spineless cunt.

Not really adding to the debate, that, is it?

 

[ymu]

No. It is expressing my feelings. This is permitted.

 

[ymu]

That's uncalled for.

That, I agree with.

 

[lighterthief]

Anyone got a source on this?

Yep, I'm curious to read more about this too.

 

[madzone]

That's uncalled for.

I lol'd

 

[ElizabethofYork]

What's your kid been doing while you've been talking shit on here all day, Elizabeth?

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of this question.

 

[BigTom]

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of this question.

What about the relevance of this question:

What effect do you think worsening public sector pensions will have on private sector pensions?

oh, and if you were serious about unions, let us know what sector you work in...

 

[madzone]

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of this question.

There is no kid, is there?

 

[madzone]

I'm afraid I don't see the relevance of this question.

Double bloody post

 

[_angel_]

What about the relevance of this question:

What effect do you think worsening public sector pensions will have on private sector pensions?

oh, and if you were serious about unions, let us know what sector you work in...

And what effect it has on the economy in general (ie less spending by retirees, working longer so even more youth unemployment).

 

[DotCommunist]

personally don't care about your kid or your inconvenience, you can suck it up. you inconvenienced for a day or thousands orf p/s workers inconvenienced for their entire old age by short rations and later-than-planned retirement. Democracy wins, you are a whiner.