My last comment on this subject is Teacher Unions are absolutely the most disingenuous groups ever. They’re advertising and public statements leading into collective bargaining talks about putting children first and saving the education system. I am of the opinion that going on strike to get higher wages is the antithesis of putting students first.
Then you would be wrong. by far the most important thing to teachers over the years out here has been class size and composition, meaning fewer students (under 30), and a limited number of designated students who need EA support. Having a moderate wage increases that still doesn’t keep up with inflation is called lower wages over time.
The last liberal government in BC (actually the conservative government out here) made an agreement to lower class size and composition to end job action (after saving millions of dollars by not paying teachers during the strike). Then they promptly renegged after the deal was signed and teachers were back in the classroom, and left the teacher’s association to take them all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada on appeals before they adhered to their signed agreement (by that time it was the NDP government that was left holding that steaming bag).
(SCC publicly blasted the provincial government for their immoral behaviour).
They also froze all public service wages for years, then ok’d 1% raises…. Then voted themselves a wage increase in the final sitting before summer (passed across all parties in a vote surprisingly).
But they saved money for almost a decade of litigation by not having to hire more teachers, and hire more EA for that whole time. The next government had to open the flood gates and fix the whole mess To the original deals terms, as the end of the deal neared once again. Definitely makes for happy negotiations right?
To me it sounds like you have no idea how a teacher’s association works, no idea what the real world job factors are, or what teachers push for most. You also seem to have no idea of what a school community is like, or what the relationships are between teachers and the student body. Teacher’s care, and they spend more time with our kids than most parents do.
Sounds like classic union hating from the private sector worker after listening to government propaganda in the media during job action. Hating on job perks they don’t have, while failing to understand and enjoy the ones they do have thanks to unionized work.
Crabs in a bucket. I’m inclined to always support my fellow workers, private or public because we’re all sliding back down the hill for the most part.
