I think the NEU advice is clearly aimed at NASUWT members who might jump ship or will stay in both but want to strike and currently can't. They cannot actively poach or recruit members but are doing it this way.
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Anyone can refuse to cross a picket line as a matter of conscience (or they can claim it was too stressful or intimidating or whatever).
And legally are just as protected as union members
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If there's a picket line of course.Originally posted by Felicity, I guess so View Post
The DfE and OFSTED are also striking on the same day.Comment
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No-one is doing anything about this, are they?Comment
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Well there is a mini general strike about it tomorrow but, no the TUC will rely on Sir Keir to repeal itComment
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Lie-in tomorrow as no school drop-off to fuss over. Yay! Ms Rifle will take the kids on the demo in London, for educational purposes.
Good luck to all striking tomorrow, and in the coming weeks in general.Comment
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I hadn't considered this, but since the end of check-off the CS wouldn't know who was a union member at all, obviously. I don't know if a similar system still exists anywhere?Originally posted by Fussbudget View Post
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https://twitter.com/NEUnion/status/1620429974481309697?t=AUQm0yJ2NhfpLrzWiTOoJQ&s=19
I'm not sure how many teachers there are in the UK but this seems rather large.
I've noticed one of my colleagues is in tomorrow teaching Y11 science, had to stop myself calling him a scab.
It's actually a planned INSET day so the kids would have been off anyway.Comment
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Doesn't seem that big a number to me. In 2021/22 there were 563,831 FTE teachers in total across the UK. And "educators" probably covers a broader range than just teachers. That seems like less than 10% of the workforce striking which surprises me. All year groups at my children's school are closed tomorrow apart from nursery.Comment
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It's 40,000 joining the union in the last two weeks rather than 40,000 union members in total (the NEU already had about half a million members)Comment
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Ah, ok, I misread it as 40,000 joining the strike, not 40,000 joining the union.Comment
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Gotcha.Comment
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I know it's annoying, but I think restraint is the best option here.Originally posted by Antepli Ejderha View PostComment
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Oh right, yeah, could be. I thought we were talking teachers. But any employer is in the same situation.Comment
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I'd probably agree that calling a colleague scab might be a tactical error. Good idea to have a chat with them mind.Originally posted by Sporting View PostComment
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The point sw2boro was making is that in the civil service union contributions used to be deducted through payroll, so HR would have known who was a union member and who wasn't. The government stopped this practice a few years ago to make it more of a faff to join a union so contributions are now paid directly to the union, but other employers might still be doing it this wayOriginally posted by TonTon View PostComment
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Right yeah, there's a lot less check-off than there was, all over the place. I think the PCS has won a few quid from various government departments over their ending it as workers had a contractual right to it.
But even if your employer is deducting money from you and passing it over to the union at your request, the employer doesn't know you're a member. And if they aren't, they don't know you aren't.Comment
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I support the strikes. I am, however, cursing the lack of trains tomorrow as I need to get to Cambridge for a hospital appointment for my son and it looks like it's going to either take me about four hours each way on buses with multiple changes, or cost about £150 in taxi fares.Comment
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My main beef though is with the decimation of public transport services. There used to be a direct coach from Hitchin to Cambridge which no longer seems to exist.Comment
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