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Originally Posted by Sliver
What do they complain about now, then? There is no way on God's green earth it comes to negotiation time and they just say, "nah, we good." The union's job is to get them something better every single time. They are kind of hitting the limit (one would think) on time off, their salaries are strong and they have the best benefits a large group can have. They need to have something to work teachers into a snit about for leverage against the taxpayers.
If they're saying class sizes are fine, my guess is they're going to focus on squeezing more on the salary end.
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They complain about awful kids and parents mostly, and to some extent a lack of Educational Assistant support.
But in terms of bargaining, the only real notable changes last contract were pay increases, improved maternity top up (from 85% to 100% salary for 16 weeks), and a slight increase in prep time for elementary school teachers (basically music classes were extended by 10 minutes a week to allow teachers more prep time). Class sizes simply haven't been a real point of contention for the last 8 years since the Supreme Court restored the limits that existed prior to 2002.