Oh Unions

[kageisuke]

Sorry to spam but:

Unionized Rhode Island Teachers Refuse To Work 25 Minutes More Per Day, So Town Fires All Of Them

Good fucking riddance, I say. Give that money to teachers who care.

And I found this first article Marriage in America: The frayed knot interesting. Actually, a lot of stuff on that page I found interesting 8D

Comments

[kageisuke.livejournal.com]

Fff, I can agree with that not being paid too much part. With how much they're getting paid, I think that's amazing and happy for them, to a certain extent.

See, one thing I don't understand is how administration gets paid more than the teachers who actually do the job. Just like managers vs the workers. The paperwork and ordering cannot be more work than actually dealing with the customers.

See, I know that teachers work a lot of unpaid hours. Grading papers, lesson plans, and tutoring before or after work hours. Then there's the fact they never have enough supplies and bring stuff from home. Pens, pencils, and in the younger years, construction paper, glue, ect. [My mother was upset that in my sister's school the required school supplies were for communal use and not just your child's. It was because we have a lot on the free lunch program ect. Crayons, ect are not the same as a box of tissues, if you ask me. I understand that the teachers don't want to have to buy EVERYTHING for the needy, but still, other parents who manage to pay for their child shouldn't be forced to provide for someone else's, especially if they probably won't treat the stuff with respect and just toss it all over the place.]

Also, reading other articles that were linked, they DID try to negotiate. With the union. The union didn't like the terms [and when do they ever? I've seen them going on strike for more pay this year when we've had record deficits in the budget. They want more pay and they don't care where the money comes from.] So after negotiations failed, she just fired them all and is now having a clean slate to hire back those who 1. want their job back; 2. show significant improvements with their students.