| Felixstowe strike not averted then. 08:32 - Aug 21 with 6929 views | Lord_Lucan |
8 day strike from today
This is a big, big deal.
Start stocking up on toilet rolls! |  |
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| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:27 - Aug 22 with 697 views | Nthsuffolkblue |
| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:23 - Aug 22 by mutters |
Randomly they can't reject or refuse the payrise either. So on that basis they may not be able to send it back for review.
They could of course donate the extra to charity, which some have done
"The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (IPSA), responsible for setting MPs pay, says members have ‘no mechanism by which they can refuse to receive’ the extra cash"
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One way or another it is a system set up by parliament.
There should be a review of public sector pay and then, once set, it should all (including MP's salaries) be subject to the same percentage raise save for exceptional circumstances where one deserves a specific review. Plus there should be a guarantee that all public service pay rises are fully funded from the treasury. |  |
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| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:31 - Aug 22 with 682 views | mutters |
| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:27 - Aug 22 by Nthsuffolkblue |
One way or another it is a system set up by parliament.
There should be a review of public sector pay and then, once set, it should all (including MP's salaries) be subject to the same percentage raise save for exceptional circumstances where one deserves a specific review. Plus there should be a guarantee that all public service pay rises are fully funded from the treasury. |
Steady on, that's almost a sensible approach. That's not going to fly with this current government |  |
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| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:32 - Aug 22 with 674 views | BlueForYou |
This was the articlre I read this morning.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62440005
Clearly states, "The port said workers involved in the dispute earned an average of £43,000 a year."
All I'll say is that I've been a skilled trade in construction for many years & I've never earned that much & have had to endure some pretty unpleasant working environments over the years! To turn down a 7% increase seems very selfish. [Post edited 22 Aug 2022 21:46]
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| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:47 - Aug 22 with 635 views | Mullet |
| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 19:52 - Aug 22 by Nthsuffolkblue |
Not heard anything about that. All high schools in Suffolk that I am aware of are academies (or free schools). I suspect this is one or two trusts considering it currently. |
It was mooted about 2-3 weeks ago. I saw it and it piqued my interest as none of the union discussions on either side have mentioned it.
As far as I can work out it's someone speculating and has been picked up and passed on most likely. The government, NAHT and probably even the teachers' unions wouldn't let it happen because of the bad PR (and the disgusting treatment by the government being buried).
The premise is that heating large buildings when schools are already in deficit will force them into a 1970's style 3 day week. This has obviously been misreported as teachers being too lazy to work etc in some quarters of social media too.
There will be teacher strikes this winter I'm sure of it. I can't imagine this government will cater to us first and will apply as much pressure through the press as they possibly can because they're lazy, hypocrites and know we are a soft target for the expectations of us being babysitters. |  |
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| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:57 - Aug 22 with 610 views | yesjohn99 |
| Felixstowe strike not averted then. on 21:32 - Aug 22 by BlueForYou |
This was the articlre I read this morning.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62440005
Clearly states, "The port said workers involved in the dispute earned an average of £43,000 a year."
All I'll say is that I've been a skilled trade in construction for many years & I've never earned that much & have had to endure some pretty unpleasant working environments over the years! To turn down a 7% increase seems very selfish. [Post edited 22 Aug 2022 21:46]
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Very different from being salaried 43k which is what the original statement about this figure said. |  | | |
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