Teachers' strike

Practically everyone I know in work is having to work longer hours than they are contracted for, usually unpaid, many not having the time to take holiday and loosing it.
Teachers are in the same boat as everyone else. Somewhere along the line things are out of kilter. There are enough people to do the jobs without the need for all these extra hours but there is constant demand to keep costs and taxes down. We all (including those with plenty of dosh) want quality, a good standard of living, cheap food, free medicine, quality teachers for our children, but, for for whatever reason aren't prepared to pay for it.

(There was a letter today in our local rag asking why, if parents are fined for taking their children out of school, are the striking teachers also going to be fined for non attendance?!)

They will lose a day's pay.

No doubt some parents will, too.

I hear solicitors are to strike over legal aid funding! Poor hard up things! x

They quite rightly should loose a day's pay. I hope that is a process adhered to.

Not all solicitors are rich - it is mostly the corporate, private client and tax lawyers that rake in lots of money.

Just some of them, then! X