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Teachers walk out on strike


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Published Date:
25 April 2008
MORE than 30 schools in Powys were disrupted yesterday (Thursday) by a teachers' strike over pay.
Hundreds of parents were forced to make alternative provision for their children for the day.

The first strike in 21 years came after members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT), Europe's largest teaching union, voted three to one in favour of strike action.

The dispute is over the Government's planned pay increase for teachers of 2.45 per cent, which teachers say is below the current rate of inflation of 4.1 per cent.

WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS' STRIKE?

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  • Last Updated: 25 April 2008 8:56 AM
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  • Location: Welshpool, Powys
 
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Henry,

Newtown 26/04/2008 17:03:13
It is a shame to see the teachers on strike again, it makes you recall the winter of discontent, the last time the labour party were in government, is this a sign of the times, maybe it will rid us of our present government as it did last time. I seem to recall, in the recent past that the unions won early retirement for the teachers on a salary related pension, when at the same time they were telling the rest of the private sector they would have to work until their late sixties or into their seventies. the teachers pension is worth in the region of £60 per week, which is what the rest of the working population will have to find to fund it, one of the reasons they will not be allowed to retire until 9-10 years after the public sector.
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browns the one 4 us,

welshpool 28/04/2008 14:19:35
Not much sense in attacking other members of the working class, which is what teachers are. we would all be better off questioning those with the real wealth, which is about 5% of the population. Also I find it more than a little stange thay people accept that actors, and footballers often have massive earnings that 'working people' can only dream about (£15000 or more per week) while those who deserve far better treatment such as nurses recieve a pittance, and those that can afford it the least shell out £50 plus to watch these so called superstars icking a ball about.
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browns the one 4 us,

28/04/2008 14:36:27
*Mr Spooner is a little confused, he says' it a pity the teachershave gone on strike AGAIN' yet your artical clearly says its 21 years since the last strike. Get the fact right before you start throwing stones Henery, but that typical of your type, no thought to the truth, just a misinformed rant.
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Henry,

Newtown 15/05/2008 17:06:57
Misinformed rant??? you admit that they were on strike 21 years ago, all I said was that it was a pity the teachers were on strike again, I did notice that there was no mention of the pension rights of the teachers, if you think this was a misinformed rant, then think again. The teachers are what used to be a profession, but professionals do not revert to taking strike action.
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