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It is an important right. However (as often is the case), the idea proposed hasn't been thought through at all.
The legislation is designed to enable the NHS/schools etc to sack staff for striking over pay and conditions at a time when chronic underfunding has led to a massive recruitment and retention crisis!
It is about as wise as announcing extra Maths tuition for an entire year group without training or funding more Maths teachers ... on top of a few years ago having already done the same thing!
Right to strike petition on 19:06 - Jan 6 by Nthsuffolkblue
It is an important right. However (as often is the case), the idea proposed hasn't been thought through at all.
The legislation is designed to enable the NHS/schools etc to sack staff for striking over pay and conditions at a time when chronic underfunding has led to a massive recruitment and retention crisis!
It is about as wise as announcing extra Maths tuition for an entire year group without training or funding more Maths teachers ... on top of a few years ago having already done the same thing!
I know it's utterly ridiculous and flawed but the nuance doesn't cut through the noise of right-wing stooges prattling on about "union barons" and the like.
If the unions were remotely like the picture painted we'd have not seen it take 12 years to get to this far, we'd have not seen pay cuts accepted under "austerity" either. However, this gets forgotten.
Some of the stuff I've heard from teachers who don't want to strike does beggar belief.