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Originally Posted by malcolmk14

For a few years people have been raising concerns and the tide has significantly shifted since Covid. In 2023 the ATA ran their regular pulse survey of members and one of the staff officers summarized the survey results as, “Everything is bad, and it’s getting worse.”

Teachers are desperate, begging for something to change, and collective bargaining is really the only place it can happen. For many teachers, myself included, this round of bargaining is a “last stand”. I have been seriously considering leaving the profession and a #### deal here will accelerate that/exacerbate that feeling.

I can’t share exact results or comments from the survey but the number of teachers actively seeking other work more than tripled between 2019 and 2023. There is a crisis in the workforce. Over 60% of survey respondents said they would leave teaching at the drop of a hat if they were offered something else with the same salary and benefits. That number was under 30% in 2019.

So I don’t see teachers budging here. The government is going to have to force us back and I don’t see DS doing that until the 27th, barring a change of heart because of immense public pressure.

Ah. So there is a 'Hill to Die on.'

Well thats not ideal. ####.

Yep. It looks like an unstoppable force is about to meet an immovable object.

I hope not.