I read in our local paper that our school district is currently in negotiations with the teacher's union for new contracts. The teacher's union's proposal is for 7% increases in base salary for all teachers for the next 2 years.
My question to the teachers is, have they read a newspaper or watched a news program in the last few years? Are they completely unaware that that their raise request is way out of line with the rest of the world? Keeping your job is the new raise. Layoffs are the norm. One dad from a local homeschool family we are good friends with just told me that he and 300 of his co-workers were laid off last week. There have been several other big layoffs in the Chicago region, as is the case around the country.
Perhaps the schools should let the teachers walk. There are lots of unemployed workers out there who could actually teach the kids about the real world to prepare the kids to enter the workforce when they are older. Nah, that'd actually be useful for the kids. It isn't about the kids. It never is. Schools are all about the teachers.
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"Keeping your job is the new raise,"
That should be a bumper sticker.
There has been a lot of talk on HSR that recession news is just a liberal media gimmick, but I have SO many friends who are struggling daily just to keep the gigs they have also.
It really is a time to be grateful for what you have rather than a time to bully for more.
Well said.
Amen!
Wow, 7%.
What about efficiency? How many of the graduates are literate?
My DH works for a large public university. He hasn't had a raise in years, not even a cost of living allowance. The same university is raising tuition by 9%for next year.
However, the public school teachers usually get 5% every year because they make threats until they get what they want.
Not fair.
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