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Originally Posted by JohnnyB
Increases to fair salaries that match inflation are fair and stability in a public service as important as education is valuable.
As a professional in education, I would respond to a reduction in teacher salary as a result of recession by leaving Alberta and working somewhere else when times are bad. There are teaching jobs all over the world, so why hang around in Alberta if the compensation stops matching the job and the cost of living? I don't know how many would respond the same way as I would, but I hardly think Calgarians suffering through a recession would be pleased to also deal with the quality of education for their children going down due to quality teachers leaving the province.
It is in the best interest of society to keep teachers fairly compensated for their work and allow stable growth and improvement of education. Also, just because demand for business throughout Alberta is down doesn't mean that demand is similarly down for education. Not all industries should drop on principle simply because there is a recession.
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Couldn't have said it better. A small COLA now is less expensive than the future cost of fixing the implications of disgruntled and/or lower quality teachers.
Likewise with the other sectors that public sector has their hands in.