Should teachers be banned from striking?

They're striking over their pension plan, and their minimal rises, and that instead of being ensured a pay rise for the first x years they actually have to do their job properly. And while their pay was frozen and inflation was still happening, their base rate is still higher than the national median, and the top of the main scale outside of London is still 5k higher than the mean. They cry because their not actually bad pay isn't going up.

And everyone else's is. So that's unfair, and you can clearly see the motive for striking. Glad to have sorted that out.

Do you only believe in people who earn below average striking? I don't really see the issue with the pensions stuff, but it's not only teachers who are complaining about that. Overall, I don't see banning a group from having the right to strike is ever an acceptable choice. The police and army are banned for totally different reasons (although I wouldn't really care if the army striked, I mean, if someone were to invade, they'd stop striking pretty quick). Removing someone's right to strike is unneeded and somewhat authoritarian.

Last I checked the majority of the public sector had its pay frozen.


I don't think only those below average should be allowed to, I just think that those who are already pretty well of shouldn't be able to strike over such petty matters, it's not like they have unsafe working conditions or anything.

If it's petty, then nothing happens. Most teacher's probably won't even go on strike and lose a day's pay.

The question is, do we want to ban people striking over petty things? Maybe
Do we want to ban a group which has an unfortunate reputation for striking over petty things? I would say no

The rest of the public sector also striked afaik over the things which affected all of them. Without stats, I didn't think teachers striked more than any other group (in fact, I thought they did it less often). So a ban would be insanely arbitrary.

I believe barely any teachers went on strike last time, where my mum works none of the teachers were on strike and where my sister works was closed, not because of teachers striking, but because of the support staff who have been even worse off pay wise.

If you increase their pay in accordance with inflation then maybe their won't be such an issue, and maybe stop with all the cuts that are hurting the operations of the schools?
People strike for a reason, to say it is greed is very cynical. To want to be paid money that does not lose value every year is not greed. A raise in wage should be on hard work and on merit, increase of pay in accordance with inflation should be mandatory.

When you spend so much on nuclear weapon programmes that will never be used, and if are used will have a disastrous effect, why not spend the money on something that will actually be used instead and will have positive effects.

Why don't they quit

No way! Of course teachers should be able to strike, hell everyone should legally be allowed to strike it's one of the only effective ways to get this wretched government to listen.

I hate it when people disregard it as disruptive and they're deliberately trying to cause a fuss when really 1) why would someone want to lose a days pay? And 2) why spend years training to become a teacher to say one day "oh hey, I'm gonna go go on strike now" we and the government should value our teachers who play such an important role in society and deserve to be paid more. If MPs can get an 11% pay rise plus all their benefits and allowances we should get one too (lol I'm not a teacher).

Anyway, it's the same with firefighters, tube drivers and even postmen and women! People always complain their wages are too high when really, it's their wage which is too low! I mean the minimum wage is what? £6.31 or something? To buy a one day travel card in London costs over £8 where is the logic?
Join a union, protest and make a difference!

Peace.

When has a strike changed the mind of this Government?

By what percentage would a new teacher's wage have risen from joining in Sept 2010 and Sept 2014 or 2015? By what percentage would a new MP's wage have risen from joining in May 2010 and Sept 2014 or 2015?

Why should tube drivers be in the top 10% of UK earners?

Not sure what the link is between the national minimum wage for one hour and a days travelcard covering as many journeys as you like in London....

I'm a lil confused of the point you're trying to make. I'm not an economist I cannot throw statistics at you off the top of my head lol. But I never said tube drivers should be in the "top 10%" hell most jobs which I believe rightly deserve to be in that bracket are not even in the "top 50" 🙈. Anyway, I just believe people should have the right to strike or protest for what I believe is unfair or completely wrong whatever wage they may earn and whether they "deserve" it or not.

And the link is, how can it cost more to get to work than what you would make in an hour! I'm not sure if you live in London or not but as far I'm concerned it's ridiculous. So yes, people should strike and their voices should be heard whether the government want to make false promises, blame previous governments or get off their arses and do something about it! I believe it's our right to do so (:

Do you think staying silent is more effective?

Yup, but you also suggested people shouldn't criticise them for doing so. When tube drivers strike for better compensation they do so from a very high base.

Ironically for your point, they force the travelcard price up. It can, Similarly if I commute from Manchester to London my travel costs would be more than my entire wage.

Being 'silent' isn't, but demonstrating with your feet and doing something else does. Thats why London workers get more money.

Everybody has the right to strike -