July 10th Strike

Firstly, I'd like to start this with three simple questions:

1. Why is it OK to listen, and obey one millionaire, whilst you chant angrily at another?
2. Why is OK to put your well being above all others?
3. Why is your pay more important than mine, or any other person out here?

You are not striking for my pay, or any other persons pay, you are striking because you, and your millionaire union leader, isn't happy with a 1% increase. Not because of a decrease, or stale mate in your pay, because of a rise.

This increase will never affect me in anyway, so no you are not doing it for everyone, just yourselves.

Why is alright to put others in another difficult situation? Teachers will make parents either take a day off unpaid leave, or pay someone else to look after their children.

Whereas firemen, and women, will be putting lives at risk, all because of money, of greed.

Let's have a look at how teachers, and fire fighters pay rises up through the ranks!

Teachers:

•          First time teacher can earn -  £21,804 outside of inner London, and £27,270 in inner London
•          It can then be raised up to - £57,520 out of inner London, and £64,677 in inner London
•          Head teachers can receive from - £42,803 up to £113,303

Fire Fighters:

•          Trainee fire fighter starts at - £21,157
•          Once fully trained get’s immediately raised to - £28,199
•          They can then go up to - £29,971 - £31,263 - £31,940 - £34,961

I have one friend who is a teacher, and three who are firemen, my teacher friend isn't striking because she isn't a union member.

    

I asked her why she isn't a union member, she said it's because she's scared of the bullying that entails within unions.

I asked my fire fighter friends why they are striking, they said because they don't want to be blacklisted from other fire stations, they don't want playground bullying, it's easier to go with whatever the union says to do.

That isn't solidarity, that isn't camaraderie, that's pure bullying tactics. 

Len McCluskey has just received a £5,000 increase, making his salary £140,281 per annum, where's his solidarity? Why isn't he on a national average wage, and putting your money to good use?

 My last question is, apart from causing disruption to millions of families, what are you hoping the government will do? This is the second strike from teachers this year, and what have achieved so far? Nothing. What will they achieve this time? Nothing.

So well done Len, you've achieved nothing, again. 

     

      

  

      

     

      

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