8:54 AM | 
Posted by
Free Game Zone |
• Tell us your story - fill in this form to let us know details of rallies, marches and demonstrations across the country
• Check out our school closures map for the latest for your area
I'm pretty sure that it's not going to persuade the unions to call off the strikes planned for Thursday. But that was never really the point. This is about winning the battle for public opinion, and in that regard Cameron's messages are very clear
A question by James Landale of the BBC: When the Clock change course on pension reforms, as he NHS?
No, says Cameron. Britain 's deficit to be addressed. He believes it is tackled in a fair manner. He says:
It 's not to undermine public sector pensions, it' s about good public sector pensions affordable right into the future.
No one should doubt the absolute commitment we have with this topic quite a bit of public sector workers and taxpayers.
Any reasonable person would say this is a sensible way to go about reforming the public sector pensions.
The PM is now taking questions, but these won't necessarily be about pensions. So there you have it: the pension reforms are necessary, fair and right for taxpayers and public servants. Do you agree?
So to those considering strike action, at a time when discussions are ongoing, I would say to you: these strikes are wrong – for you, for the people you serve, for the good of the country.
That's because, under a final salary scheme, it's the people who reach very high salaries at the end of their careers who benefit the most.
This is not about saving money. It's about doing what's right and fair.
But he decries "scare stories" about public workers losing out.
The PM has set out three key messages to clear up some "misconceptions":
I will tell you who need to know three things, the people.
One - reform is essential.
Two - our proposals are fair to the taxpayers.
Three - our suggestions are in the public sector employees fairly.
aren 't Walk out? Conservative Home Blog is this piece by Martin Parsons, the teacher and union member ATL seems to be. Here 's an excerpt:
"I joined ATL specifically because it is a union that was not politicized and was not to strike over pay. When I was working abroad a few years ago and came back ATL I was shocked to learn that the political neutrality that such a mark had had gone out the window. "
Anyone persuaded?
Andy Burnham, Labour 's shadow education secretary, has submitted a parliamentary question to the strike, says my colleague Jessica Shepherd me. He asks the Government this afternoon, what they do to the strike, what will be the effects and what advice they give parents avert.
He added:
The problem I have with Voice's position is that (I think) a failure to fight this kind of attack on teacher's pay and conditions is far more damaging to the profession as a whole than the reputational damage caused by striking. The cost of your reputation is the future of your profession, which kind of renders the value of your reputation worthless.
bombaysapphire responded:
Here's a lunchtime round-up:
• All eyes are on David Cameron 's speech to the Local Government Association this afternoon: he' s are expected to \ accept "non-confrontational" line, arguing that public pension reform is necessary and reasonable. But how long will the Tory right, the spoiling for a fight, is to accept this approach? We 'll be following the speech live at 3.30pm.
• Airports are likely to be difficult as a result of Thursday 's industrial action by immigration officials to be disturbed. Courts and police stations are also likely to be affected.
• The mother has claimed in the Daily Telegraph this morning that it 'bullying "rejected headmaster in the closure of schools on Thursday. NUT head Christine Blower said: "We are not bullying anybody, we give the normal rates, we give each member, we would not have forced on someone \ ..."
Courts will also be disrupted, with sitting cancelled or delayed, and there will be backlogs in police station cells.
On the issue of relevant data which we discussed before, Martin Freedman from ATL adds:
A paragraph highlighting the NUT advice with a web link was also included in a publication sent to all schools.
She said the guidance is broadly similar to the one made available by the National Association of Headteachers (NAHT) to its members. The NAHT, which represents the bulk of heads in the country, is currently ballotting members for strike action over pensions.
The government has yet to undertake a valuation of the scheme which was due in 2010 so we simply don't know the financial health of the scheme
If we have this information, we can take forward discussions.
hrwaldram adds:
Some readers have the education of the impact on education and the children 'will miss out on a day of school - some believe it' s only one day and just before the end of exams / holidays anyway, so it 's not really a big loss - others argue it will have a long-term impact and influence education as a whole. What are your views and @ @ MartinFreedmanATL PhilipParkinVoice?
philipparkinvoice answers:
Obviously the strike is both a short-and long-term effects have \ on children's education. In the short term, one could argue that one day will be removed from the school have little impact. In the longer term is what tells the children about how we sort out our differences as members of a civilized society. Vote believes in the power of argument and the argument of force. We believe that to try to get the professional standing of teachers by the ineffective use of industrial muscle, what they want is decreased.
MartinFreedmanATL also comments:
Join the debate here.
He works four days a week and looks after his three children one day a week. He earns ?29,856 gross per year and says he stands to lose ?135,346 over the course of a 25-year retirement. Sixth-form college teachers were given an 0.75% pay rise this year and are being threatened with a pay freeze next year.
The strike action on Thursday involves three education unions in sectors with twice as many women as men and each with a female leader. They are professional and articulate middle class women. ATL's Mary Bousted is no Arthur Scargill. Put her in front of a TV camera and she'll speak directly to millions of other middle class women in a reasonable but determined manner.
You may have seen Melanie Phillips' comment piece in yesterday's Daily Mail which claims that "the harm the striking teachers will cause children by disrupting their education is, of course, not acknowledged". My colleague Jessica Shepherd points out that in fact, it is near the end of term and year 11 and year 13 will have finished their GCSE and A-level exams, while year 12 may well be on work experience away from school. For many schools, now is the ideal time to strike and cause a minimum amount of disruption.
Essendon Primary School in Hertfordshire, three of the four teachers on strike Thursday. It is written for parents, explaining that only the reception and nursery classes will be held on Thursday.
Essendon 's head Rod Woodhouse , Said: "A few parents have responded" well done 'to the teachers say strike, except that it hasn' t much reaction, "he said \." This is unprecedented - we have never been on strike I have absolute sympathy for the teachers who are striking ..
"We will be paying more and getting less of our pensions."
If we can keep classrooms open it will be an historic victory against Neanderthal union militancy.
Welcome to
• Throughout the day we'll be debating and analysing some of the key strikes issues: who is winning the war for public opinion, ministers or unions? Strike breaking - is it desirable or even legal that parents should stand in for striking teachers on Thursday? Should teachers and civil servants be threatened, as reported, with disciplinary action over the strikes.
0 comments:
Post a Comment