Teachers all over this state are showing their true colors. It isn't and has never been "about the children." It has always been "me me." What has the WUHS and WGSD done with teacher salaries over the last five years (those five very rough years for many, many people)? While taxpayers get laid off, take pay freezes and pay reductions, lose their homes, etc. the teachers and administrators kept getting raise after raise after raise - truly amazing in these times - and if you even suggested that they should take a simple one year pay freeze - my God you were attacking teachers. Well, this is what you get for being selfish and pigheaded - thumbing your noses at the taxpayers. Finally we will get control of the costs of our public employees, and teachers in particular.
For an 8 month of the year job - three months off over summer and another month during the year (Easter, Thanksgiving and Christmas breaks) - not to mention all the sick and personal days - kicking in toward your retirement and paying a small portion of your health insurance premiums is not a bad deal.
If you don't like it, quit!
3 comments:
Very, very well said.
My my, very harsh words. This is about more than just teachers. This is about taxpayers right to bargain for wages/benefits. This includes police, firemen etc. I don't see you talking about how selfish they are and how it should be about protecting our community. You could say the same thing about any job. That it's about performing your job function, not about yourself and your wages. Why should teacher's be the only group that takes the heat? Any no, I am not a teacher nor a union employee of a school district.
I'm not attacking, just wondering why we only pick on teachers when this affects more then just them.
It should apply to police and fire too, no doubt about it. I'd be willing to bet however, that the average policeman for fireman pays much more than teachers towards their health insurance costs and have likely taken pay freezes or cuts over the last few years. The same can not be said about teachers.
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