Conference Rhetoric

It's well seen that the trade union conference season is getting into full swing - with more wild talk about strikes and industrial action.

The latest union to jump on this bandwagon is the SSTA - Scottish Secondary Teachers Association.

Which has apparently backed calls for industrial action - over a two year pay freeze for council workers, amongst other things.

Now quite why teachers deserve to be treated better than any else is not clear - nor is it explained in any of the reports that I've read.

I suspect this has more to do with inter-union rivalry than anything else.

Because what's really going on is that the SSTA is having a pop at Scotland's largest teaching union, the EIS - which is all very boring and predictable.

The point is that teachers are no better or no worse - than other council workers - and that's exactly how they should be treated.

Even though some see teachers - as a cut above everyone else.

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