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Thursdays Strike
My colleagues are on strike on Thursday
I'm not in their union but if it's sunny I might join them
I know I won't get paid but other than that will it be ok
I'm not in their union but if it's sunny I might join them
I know I won't get paid but other than that will it be ok
Answers
Is it the red sky making posters irritable?
21:36 Mon 07th Jul 2014
The union members can't be sacked for failing to turn up to work (because their strike has come about through a properly organised ballot about a matter which is relevant to their employment and the employer will have been given appropriate notice of their action). As an individual, you will have no such protection.
As you don't say, I'm going by sher's reply and guessing you're teachers, in which case you should be ashamed of yourselves, disrupting kids education yourselves, given the number of times we hear of parents being fined for taking kids out of school for various reasons, and don't you get enough time off anyway?
Baldric, I fully support the teachers and the other educational staff who are striking on Thursday. If their conditions continue to be eroded the profession will not attract the best people. FYI, the schools do not fine parents for taking their kids out of school, the LEA does. Teachers get 13 weeks holiday a year, most of which they spend marking, preparing, etc. I would rather stick wasps up my arse than go back to teaching.