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My daughter's local Primary and Secondary School Teachers were with my family on the London demo today. It was awesome and a great day! Hopefully more unions will join the fight for better pay and to save our services.

Have you ever tried to conduct a ballot in a school. Teachers are both too busy and often too demoralised to vote (There's also a postal strike). Also why would those who want to strike bother voting and not those opposed. The latest ballot results have been quite remarkable, votes in the past...

I encourage anyone that supports the public sector strikes to put a poster in the window, it really lifts moral and if possible try to join a local demo or Pickett line - before work or in your lunch break. Everyone is always welcome (unless they're a scab obviously).

Teachers don't have set hours, a sad oddity. Their hours are not the same as students. Do people genuinely believe Teachers arrive at 9 and leave at 3:30. Most arrive by 8 and leave at 6, then plan and mark in the evening and or at the weekend.

Yes times are tough for most not all. The rich are having a lovely time and enjoy playing public sector and private sector workers against each other. Public sector workers pay taxes and can't afford to strike. But we are not prepared to roll over and watch public health, education and social...

Yes, no Teachers should cross a Pickett line, including for year 11. As Teachers we have waited patiently to join the battle for our pay and the future of a properly funded public sector. I am proud to stand with Nurses, Ambulance Drivers, Civil Servants, Postal Workers, Rail Workers, Lecturers...