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Originally Posted by Mr.Coffee
The salaries Gullfoss posted aren’t that great. IMO. It also depends on where you live. I think the poverty line wage for a family of 4 in Calgary is like $60k now (I think 2024 was like $58k). Like, no, those salaries are okay, but let’s not pretend they’re swimming in money here. The benefits and specifically the pension are great, however. Just my opinion. I don’t really want or require teachers personally to be just barely above the poverty line.
I also think this is actually largely about salaries and think it’s weird people tip-toe around it. That’s the main issue, it isn’t enough, the gov will have to do better. Paying parents daycare money that could otherwise go to teachers is stupid.
Gullfoss wants an answer but nobody here is really knowledgeable enough about the job to give one, honestly. Unless you’re a teacher in which case I think it’s fair to be like ya- it isn’t enough.
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Gullfoss is asking bad faith questions.
Is $70,000 a fair salary for a starting teacher? No. Trades that require much less experience get paid more. I've seen O&G project coordinators get paid more. $70K is not a good salary for a person who is managing 15-50 other people. No industry in the province would say that is acceptable.
Is it fair to ignore the fact that they have only gotten a 5% raise in the last 10 years? No, that is absurd and any other worker in that situation would be equally mad about their pay.
Is it fair to ignore the fact that their working conditions have been decimated by their employer? No, anyone who has worked piled on them without an increase in pay would "burn out" and quit to find an employer that doesn't suck.
I am not a teacher and I do not speak for teachers but as a worker, I wholeheartedly feel that teachers are being treated terribly by the government, specifically the UCP, as well as the UCP supporters who are too self absorbed and uninformed to understand or care about the situation until it directly impacts them.