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Originally Posted by WinnipegFan
http://www.calgaryherald.com/news/ra...857/story.html
As a teacher this frustrates me. I personally do not feel that we need, nor deserve at this point, an increase in salary. In parallel neither do any of our executives downtown in the CBE (this happens regularly)! We are already brushing up against 100k a year (at the most senior levels) and in my humble opinion that is more than a fair compensation. Combined with our benefits package and retirement fund we are very lucky. To argue that we have "paid our due" under our previous contract is nonsense. We make enough money, it is time to reconnect with the public we serve and focus on benefits for the students.
All I want out of this contract negotiation is smaller class sizes. This will improve the quality of the education each student receives as well as employ a number of new teachers who are struggling to find employment. By creating more "teaching blocks" new teachers will be mentored into a system that has a terrible history of reactive planning, rather than proactive planning. We have a massive shift of administrative level positions and we need new teachers to fill those voids. However, they will also need quality mentors to aid them in the start of their career.
I wish the ATA would focus on this aspect of our contract, I don't want more money. I want my students to have more individual support, and young teachers to have employment. Shake your head ATA I don't care what our previous contracts embodied, if you pursue salary in this climate you will ostracize our public supporters. Embarrassing, I apologize.
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Don't want more money? You want smaller class sizes? How does this happen? More teachers and spending more money? So in other words you want more money?I just took a 20 percent reduction in pay and my work load went up 50 percent. I am one of the lucky ones that still has a job. Maybe if I approached my boss like this it would work! I don't want more money, just more people to help me with my job? My boss would say that still costs him more money!Others will say "think of the children"! I am, Want Alberta families to be able to shelter, feed, and clothe their kids. Education means nothing if basic human needs are not met first. Families are suffering out there! Not you? Good for you, many are suffering. More money for unions to piss away that causes higher taxes especially right now is asinine.I want I want I want BS needs to stop in this economy from city workers and unions.Situation not ideal in schools? Suck it up! I work on 3 million dollar machines, I need $100,000 in parts on the shelves to do my job at all times. Got about $500 of parts on the shelves right now. Super tough to do my job. I make do!