General Discussion

D.C.C will be operating as normal on Thursday as the strike has been called of the College will be fully OPEN

Yes I had an email this afternoon about this.  There'll be some unhappy parents who have had to make other arrangements.

Leisure Centre is on strike if anyone was fancying a swim.  Leaving it until this morning to let people know probably wasn't the best PR.  They need a manager with a bit more dynamism, a bit less-Brittas.

Interesting about the leisure centre I understood the staff were employed by a private company, this must be incorrect, can someone clarify please.

It would be a brave move for any school to go on strike nowadays, does anyone know of a school that didn't open ? 

There were hundreds in Wales and the Northwest  closed yesterday

DCCwas due to close but there was a error in the paperwork so staff had to turn into work.

Wont be long now before Labour are back in and everyone can have just what they want.

Guess people dont mind paying more Council Tax .. remember in the last weeks of Labour... they said 'we have no more money'  lol..

Nice re-writing of history there Wondering!

Its strange how folks forget about the banks and what they cost us to bail out there was no money because it was spent bailing out BANKS

Was that a case of public money being spent to bail out the private sector?

It was public money that should still be in the exchequar

Devon County Council Staff (and no it wasn't Central Govt) decided to cut some of my staffs' wages by 75% (yes...really) and then have the audacity to strike over a 1% pay rise!

Get real muppets....we're all suffering for the benefit of the UK thanks to outside agencies!

Huw - was it Devon County Council staff or Devon County Council councillors who cut the wages beause of central government policy?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-23977843

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-devon-27849772