Ministry denies being 'irresponsible' during MUT strike

Bertie O'Cassey

Jan 19th 2009, 12:30

First of all what was promised? why haven't we heard what was promised to them and never given?

As regards to charmaine's comments I fully agree with her. as far as I can read without belittling their title it was assistants that were on strike.

Therefore the Kindergarten teacher should be able to handle her class. As for the children with special needs, what would happen if the support teacher is sick?

Life as usual. Remove you colour coded blinkers whether they being red,blue or green.

lgalea

Jan 19th 2009, 09:10

charmaine mangion
That's their problem.
Everyone has a right to strike whether others like it or not and whether it is going to affect them as a strike is meant to.

What you and others should be doing is protesting against Gonzipn for his arrogance and trampling over the rights of ALL workers.

a.mangion

Jan 18th 2009, 18:38

@ Charmaine Mangion
Does your comment imply that teachers have no right to strike? if you think that they have, perhaps you can come up with a way whereby teachers can exercise this right without effecting anybody!

James Saliba

Jan 18th 2009, 16:53

Yet another slip for the Education Minister. Most probably she's wearing the wrong pair of shoes.

charmaine mangion

Jan 18th 2009, 15:47

and what about the parents that needed to go to work???

G Camilleri

Jan 18th 2009, 11:22

A Mangion is absolutely correct. The Ministry was seriously irresponsible. Teachers, Kindergarten Assistants etc are not stupid and they know that MUT is right. Please Minister of Education, stop trying to take people for a ride. You cannot fool all the people all the time. It will do you more credit and you will gain more respect if you admit that "the Ministry should have informed parents that MUT was staging a two hour legitimate strike and it would be unwise to take very young children to school since there would be no one to look after them". The majority of parents were wiser than the Minister and opted to show solidarity with these dedicated persons who look after their children throughout the scholastic year. The MUT rightly so exempted special schools and hospitals. What a difference! Now sensible people have realised who was responsible and who was not. SHAME ON THE MINISTRY AND THE DIRECTORATES.

a.mangion

Jan 18th 2009, 09:56

Does the ministry consider it normal for children to be assembled all in the school hall and 'looked after' by the head and assistant heads? The ministry should have advised parents to drop off their offspring two hours late at which time the striking teachers would have been back at their place of work.
The ministry's ploy was to give the impression that the strike was having no effect on the schools and to belittle the MUT's action.