Oh wow. That's more than teachers here make! And I live in a kind of affluent area.
Here's a document showing the salaries of our daughter's teachers (and others). They make a lot - these amounts are for 9 months of work a year.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/accountability/district/sofi/2013/SD61.pdf
That's more for working 9 months, than I make working 12 months as an RN.
Oh wow. That's more than teachers here make! And I live in a kind of affluent area.
As somebody with decades of teaching experience, I can say that 9 months for a teacher can't be compared to 9 months for an RN. There's no such thing as a completely free weekend or mid-term holiday, and most evenings you have prep work, marking, continuing education, etc.. Part of your summer vacation is also spent doing school stuff.That's more for working 9 months, than I make working 12 months as an RN.
This is a list of Teachers with more than 10-15 years experience. Starting teachers make a maximum of $45,000 per year (I barely make this myself). Those Teachers on that list also most likely have their masters degree which puts them into another pay category. If you think about it, we're educating the future society who go on to become doctors, lawyers, policemen etc... so it's worth it! It's not about the money for ourselves by the way. It's about the amount of money they won't put into the system for support.
Here's a document showing the salaries of our daughter's teachers (and others). They make a lot - these amounts are for 9 months of work a year.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/accountability/district/sofi/2013/SD61.pdf
Nurse are forced, yes forced to work double and even triple shifts, and if they refuse they can be fined $10,000 and charged with abandonment and go to chair for 5 years! When is the last time a teacher was told they had to work until midnight when they had started at 7 am? Doubt it ever happens!As somebody with decades of teaching experience, I can say that 9 months for a teacher can't be compared to 9 months for an RN. There's no such thing as a completely free weekend or mid-term holiday, and most evenings you have prep work, marking, continuing education, etc.. Part of your summer vacation is also spent doing school stuff.
So cross the picket line and teach.
Bottom line, Teachers are doing this for the kids. We're broke (no strike pay), we're tired, we're mad, and we want to teach.
There will be snow completely around the equator before any self-respecting teacher should EVER cross a picket line. I agree with rotating strikes. I do not and will never agree to crossing a picket line. And yes, I dealt with lock-outs and strikes....I worked for International Paper. I walked a picket line and I would never cross one.
So cross the picket line and teach.
Education should be essential services, and they so do what our unions are forced to do.....rotating strikes. Nurses are still required to report to work, do their job (essentials only), and still spend time walking the picket line.
Acupuncture? Massage therapy? I don't get those either. This sounds a tad ridiculous. Geez I hope things get straightened out soon. This is awful for the kids.
The GOOD news: a tentative agreement has been reached between the government and the teachers' union, it's not done yet, but school might start on Monday.
The BAD news: BC Transit workers are going on strike now. We do not have school buses here, the majority of students take the city buses to and from school.
http://www.timescolonist.com/news/l...rkers-at-victoria-hq-vote-to-strike-1.1376739
UGH UGH UGH