do teachers get paid when striking

[jonah35]

do teachers get paid for tomorrow or do they lose a days wages

if they get paid who pays it? the unions?

if so does this mean the unions will run out of money eventually

how does it work pls

[Y282]

no.

[scenario8]

jonah35 said:

do teachers get paid for tomorrow or do they lose a days wages

if they get paid who pays it? the unions?

if so does this mean the unions will run out of money eventually

how does it work pls

not by their employers.

[jonah35]

ok so in their next months pay cheque they will be a day down on their pay

so, does anyone pay the teachers? the unions?

[Y282]

jonah35 said:

ok so in their next months pay cheque they will be a day down on their pay

so, does anyone pay the teachers? the unions?

down on pay calculated as a percentage across the entire year, pension stopped for that day and holiday entitlement removed.

clear enough?

[jonah35]

Y282 said:

down on pay calculated as a percentage across the entire year, pension stopped for that day and holiday entitlement removed.

clear enough?

ah ok so the pay is averaged across the next 12 months so a really small drop each month then.
pension stopped and holiday entitlement removed is clear.

but, do the unions pay the people striking?

cheers

[Magic919]

Round here they will get paid tomorrow. They are on strike Thursday.

[Fittster]

As far as I can tell most teachers would willing lose a days pay to get away from the kids.

[MR Kirbyz]

Nope they don't.
However, i don't give a st about them as i'm an employed apprentice on a full time college course for the first year of my apprenticeship so this means i have to take it as a holiday! ffs!

[jonah35]

Magic919 said:

Round here they will get paid tomorrow. They are on strike Thursday.

yeah thursday

ok so the unions don't pay then

[Jackleman]

The parents and the children pay.


Striking teachers = s.

[Mojooo]

jonah35 said:

but, do the unions pay the people striking?

dunno about teachers but some Council unions have hardship funds to help lower paid people.

I am guessing to be a teacher you earn oer 20k so prob wouldnt qualify. unless lower paid assistants are also striking.

[HarryW]

Do the union officials remain on full pay as striking must be a condition of service?

[scenario8]

A teacher on strike for one day loses one days pro rata benefits - kind of sounds fair. If they have a strike pay agreement with their Union they may receive some payment. That is likely to be a very small amount and significantly less than a normal day's pay/benefit. Ultimately that would be an agreed term between the Union and its members. The money for that (possible) strike pay would come from the subs the Union member would have been paying every month. That kind of sounds fair enough to me too.

Specific to this week's action I honestly don't know for certain. Maybe a google to find the Unison website and a wee bit of research might answer some of your questions definitively.

[doodles19]

Nope.

[ninja-lewis]

AIUI the teaching unions have get-out clauses for teachers in their final year before retirement as losing pay in that period reduces how much they get paid in their final salary pension.

[BoRED S2upid]

Nope next months pay will be minus a days pay que more moaning overworked, underpaid, have to work till 3:30, only 14 weeks a year holidays...

[vladcjelli]

Been involved in a couple of strike actions (not as a teacher) with large unionised workforces.

Never known anyone get paid by the union. There is the facility to do so if losing pay creates a severe hardship situation, but not many people take it up as I think it looks bad to the other members.

[jonah35]

vladcjelli said:

Been involved in a couple of strike actions (not as a teacher) with large unionised workforces.

Never known anyone get paid by the union. There is the facility to do so if losing pay creates a severe hardship situation, but not many people take it up as I think it looks bad to the other members.

sounds like you know what you're talking about, thanks all for replying.

im not a teacher but was just interested

[skwdenyer]

MR Kirbyz said:

Nope they don't.
However, i don't give a st about them as i'm an employed apprentice on a full time college course for the first year of my apprenticeship so this means i have to take it as a holiday! ffs!

Why? You are 'ready and willing to work', but your willingness and ability is being frustrated by matters outside of your control. It is a while since I studied employment law in detail, but I can't see how you can be required to take a day's holiday for this.