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Originally Posted by The Fisher Account
This is NOT fine.
Teachers have seen their spending power greatly eroded over the last decade. This offer is a joke. Read this:
https://medium.com/@abteacher/a-pay-...e-750dc9c9641f
High percentage chance that teachers reject this deal and ready for a disruption to the start of school in September.
The 12% raise would be fine in year ONE. 3% YoY isn't even keeping pace with inflation. |
Yes that’s absolutely fair and I’m aware that our purchasing power has dramatically dropped over the last 10 years, but there are three factors that I think about
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1. Teachers have not had a raise in a very long time so it’s already more than what we have been getting, even during the NDP era. It’s not a good justification but it also gives us the appearance of being greedy.
2. Sask got about a 9% raise over 3 or 4 years or something to that effect so it’s more than what they got.
3. Salary and purchasing power is a focal point but the public does not care about this nearly as much as class sizes. How much I take home isn’t a visible issue compared with class size or complexity, so anything that needs public support should start with the most visible issue.
I understand none of the points I pointed out justifies a salary increase that has not kept up nearly to the level of inflation. This is part of the reason I’ll probably vote to strike, but I’m also not holding my breath that we’ll get anything better.