@davidc4430wrote:
in the 'old days' when unions had teeth, their ultimate weapon was
going on strike
when they dont have that, see carers, nurses, etc because those workers will not go on strike.
then they have nothing to fight with and the powers to be use that to their advantage.
we all remember the days of transport workers going on strike, crippling the system dont we.
What I found interesting when i was teaching was that even if teachers go out on strike, parents are legally entitled to send their kids to school and the school is legally bound to look after them. They don't have to be 'taught' if their teacher is on strike but they have to be minded & gainfully occupied.
With teachers, striking is voluntary if you are in a union. If you're not, of course you can't strike at all.
But the situation could theoretically be that if 2 teachers turned up not on strike, they could legally be responsible for 700 kids if every parent sent their child.
Not every parent does, but usually we found about 60 children of striking teachers would turn up. It is up to the prin to arrange for their care.
