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Originally Posted by Antithesis
Am I grateful to have a job while others are losing theirs? Of course, just as I have empathy for those people as well. But if the government didn't want to get into the situation they will be in September when we get that raise, they shouldn't have signed that agreement - and in THAT specific sense, I don't feel bad about getting a raise.
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That's such a BS argument. What would have happened if the government didn't sign the agreement? We both know the answer, the teachers would be out on strike.
It's completely ridiculous to make it seem like the government had the ability to tell the union that the term wasn't going to work and that would be the end of it. I have no problem with the process of bargaining, but when one side has the ability to essentially extort the terms it desires from the other that system just isn't effective. Unions developed because employers had too much power over workers for the relationship to work, it's come to the point that the power balance has shifted in the opposite direction.