Poll: Should teachers be banned from going on strike?

Second level teachers are set to stage another day of strike action later this month.

AS UNIONS PLAN another day of industrial action over junior cycle reform, the head of a business group has suggested that teachers should be prevented by law from going on strike.

“We noticed a six-fold spike in day off requests within 24 hours of the announcement of the pre-Christmas strike,” Mark Fielding of ISME said.

Hundreds of thousands of second level students would again be staying at home on 22 January, Fielding said, causing massive knock-on problems.

What do you think?

Poll Results:

That's ridiculous. They're perfectly entitled to strike. (7243)

They should be banned entirely from striking. (2122)

They should give more notice of actions. (780)

Not sure/no opinion. (271)

They should be banned entirely from striking.
They should give more notice of actions.
That's ridiculous. They're perfectly entitled to strike.
Not sure/no opinion.

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