[Cherie]

Originally Posted by Kazanne

Can they not do this in term though?

I think the whole point of a strike is disruption so they draw attention to it.

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Thousands of schools in England and Wales are closed, as teachers join rallies and picket lines in a strike over pay, pensions and conditions.




http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26729786

You are missing the point though of course pay, pensions and conditions will change if schools are privatised

Originally Posted by Ammi

..oh I also meant to say Cherie that I read the link, yeah I was aware of that but it's not a recent thing..?...if anything, the schools here have increased the LSA's hours over the last few years and employed more, a lot of them HLSAs because what the government says makes no sense whatsoever...there isn't the budget to always get supply teachers and a lot of supply teachers are nowhere near as good as an LSA who knows the children/school/timetable etc ..obviously we're a primary school and don't have specialist topic teachers though...but how are they going to fund more teaching staff when none of the support workers have had a salary increase for over 4 years and it's just been extended to another 4 years...?...crazy....

It is fairly recent, I think it came up some time last year, we recently signed a petition about it through our Union Rep so it is an ongoing proposal.