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Originally Posted by opendoor
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.
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Yeah, well that's just it. A no-change contract is completely untenable to the union or teachers, so they'll always find an issue to squeeze. Once all the juice is squeezed out of the other issues, it'll be back to class sizes. We're just on a loop.