Youth Strike 4 Climate
Date/Time
Date(s) - 15/02/2019
All Day
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United Kingdom
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UK Student Climate Network (UKSCN) are calling a schools strike on Friday 15 February because they feel that, facing a lethal ecological crisis, we as a generation must take direct action where the older generation has failed. As Greta Thunberg said, “You don’t have to school strike, it’s your own choice. But why should we be studying for a future that soon may be no more?”.
UKSCN feel that protesting and striking is our best way to force the government to take action.
You can click here for a further detailed list of 10 reasons we need to fight for Climate Justice.
What are the rules about taking a day off school?
According to the Department for Education, children are normally only authorised to take days off for medical reasons or “exceptional circumstances”. However a letter to schools written by protesters’ parents might justify their day of strike. The letter would say something like
Having only 12 years left to cut CO2 emissions by 50 per cent, as per the latest UN IPCC report, is pretty dire and exceptional circumstances to find ourselves in. And it is in that light that I’m giving my child permission to go on strike on [day].
In reality, it will be down to individual schools to decide on what, if anything, happens to protesters, with some strikers saying they’ve had mixed messages. Also parents need to be aware that legally they probably need to supervise their children during the strike and if anything happens they might potentially be held liable for child neglect.
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