The Wrong Kind of Jobs
'What do we want - more jobs! When do we want them - now!
Er, except when it's the wrong kind of jobs apparently - according to Scotland's teaching unions, anyway.
Following in the footsteps of other public in institutions which have blamed - the 'wrong kind of snow' and 'leaves on the track' - as an excuse for travel chaos - the Scottish TUC will presumably hear more this week from the teaching unions about the 'wrong kind of jobs'.
See post dated 15 April 2011: 'Inward Looking and Conservative'.
Scottish Labour have come up with a policy designed to tackle poor literacy and numeracy levels - and the 13,000 schoolchildren who leave primary school every year - unable to read and write properly.
Yet the proposal to create another 1,000 teaching jobs to tackle the problem - hasn't won favour with the Scotland's teaching unions - because it will upset the sensitivities of experienced teachers, apparently.
Now this seems more than a little crazy to me - I would have though the prospect of 1,000 new teaching jobs would be a cause for celebration to the unions.
So I will be following events closely in Ayr this week - where the STUC is holding its annual conference - to see what light the delegates might shine on this rather strange affair.
Er, except when it's the wrong kind of jobs apparently - according to Scotland's teaching unions, anyway.
Following in the footsteps of other public in institutions which have blamed - the 'wrong kind of snow' and 'leaves on the track' - as an excuse for travel chaos - the Scottish TUC will presumably hear more this week from the teaching unions about the 'wrong kind of jobs'.
See post dated 15 April 2011: 'Inward Looking and Conservative'.
Scottish Labour have come up with a policy designed to tackle poor literacy and numeracy levels - and the 13,000 schoolchildren who leave primary school every year - unable to read and write properly.
Yet the proposal to create another 1,000 teaching jobs to tackle the problem - hasn't won favour with the Scotland's teaching unions - because it will upset the sensitivities of experienced teachers, apparently.
Now this seems more than a little crazy to me - I would have though the prospect of 1,000 new teaching jobs would be a cause for celebration to the unions.
So I will be following events closely in Ayr this week - where the STUC is holding its annual conference - to see what light the delegates might shine on this rather strange affair.
