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Editorial
The decision by the members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) and the Association of Teachers and Lecturers (ATL) to strike claiming that pension changes will mean teachers working for more years with a smaller pension is simply the start of things to come for public sector workers. The luxuries enjoyed by the public sector in these austere times will be coming to an end, we all need to understand that under the previous Labour government the economy simply over-spent, wasted money, and it time now before our economy is punished by the ratings agencies to start cutting public expenditure.
Do I like the fact that my child will more than likely have to stay at home on 30 June the day the NUT plan a strike? Not one bit. Do the teachers realise the costs to the economy by calling a strike, the days lost from work, the child care arrangements, all because pensions may be cut.
Christine Blower the general secretary of the NUT said: "It is disgraceful the government is pressing ahead with its reforms, which will affect teacher’s pensions. It knows that they are affordable. This is a policy which has nothing to do with economics and everything to do with politics". Well, the only response here does Ms Blower realise that the end of June is the critical exam period or many schools? The NUT is downright irresponsible to be calling for strikes at a time when many families are living on the edge, and cannot afford days off work.
Is time we all started to get real and understand we are broke, the public purse has no money, and its a time of cuts.
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