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Originally Posted by IliketoPuck
No one is saying that increases are agreeable at this point in time.
But to say that a 1-2% increase in wages per annum is unreasonable (in any profession) is demanding acceptance of a year over year erosion in purchasing power due to inflation. Call it what you want, but wage freezes are economic pay cuts. Teachers took it on the chin to have the privilege of continuing to work in the same bullsh*t environment and still get harassed by the public repeatedly for it.
Quite honestly, I wish my SO would stop teaching. The amount of garbage she puts up with from parents and students, combined with the complete lack of support from the school board is enough to drive someone insane. And then I have to put the pieces back together every goddamn day.
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So, what would make your SO's life better? Improved working conditions, or an extra 1-2% per year in salary? As an example, if each school could hire an additional Education Assistant, wouldn't that make things better?
I think that's what the OP was getting at.