Teachers who voted to strike next monday should be ashamed of themselves, considering all leaving cert students have their orals starting that day it is a shocking reflection on those teachers who voted to strike.
Given most secondary schools are just back from their mid-term break & only a few weeks from Easter Holidays surely they should have shown some thought for these students and held their own strike during one of their many days off during the school year.
[...] held their own strike during one of their many days off during the school year.
Exactly how would that be a strike?
That said, LC is stressful enough as it is, and I hope students will not be made suffer.
Teachers who voted to strike next monday should be ashamed of themselves, considering all leaving cert students have their orals starting that day it is a shocking reflection on those teachers who voted to strike.
Teachers who voted to strike next monday should be ashamed of themselves, considering all leaving cert students have their orals starting that day it is a shocking reflection on those teachers who voted to strike.
Given most secondary schools are just back from their mid-term break & only a few weeks from Easter Holidays surely they should have shown some thought for these students and held their own strike during one of their many days off during the school year.
It clearly exposes the BS spouted by many teachers that their primary concern is the best interests of their students.
Why can’t they be honest and admit that while they may care about the kids they are perfectly willing to sacrifice them to maintain their privileged position.
The same goes for anyone, public or private sector, who pontificates (or who’s so-called leaders pontificate) about how high-minded they are but then damage those they claim to care about for their own selfish ends.
The same goes for anyone, public or private sector, who pontificates (or who’s so-called leaders pontificate) about how high-minded they are but then damage those they claim to care about for their own selfish ends.
what annoys me most is the fact that the Dept of Education budget was increased by something like 300 million in October budget, however this money was required to pay increased teachers salarys per benchmarking...no mention of this by teachers over the last few months when they complained about class sizes being reduced due to lack of funding etc...
That's not pedantic - I had no idea what you were talking about. And frankly the clarification doesn't improve matters much.a picket outside their place of work, no need to be pedantic
Maybe the strike will be postponed before Monday.
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Would not be surprised tbh. On morning ireland one the union heads said a lot can happen in a week.
The union yesterday released the result of a ballot of its 62,000 members on joining the industrial action. While a total of 65 per cent of members who voted were in favour of taking part, a two-thirds majority is needed to pass any motion under union rules.
There was a 53 per cent turnout in the ballot, with 21,518 votes in favour of the strike action and 11,576 against.
Impact said today it cannot instruct its members to take industrial action, but the union said it is committed to protecting any member who refuses to cross a picket line from any sanctions by management.
I was just thinking the same thing Caveat.
One guy on newstalk said........wait for it.....it might bring some common sense to the sitution ( that being closing Ireland inc for a day)
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