Thanks to the teachers for standing up to the government to get a fair pay raise and to stop the government’s attacks on the labour movement.
Hopefully the deal negotiated doesn’t have any zeroes in it but fills in the first 2 years with at least half a percent raise each while keeping (or making better) the 1% and 1.5% in the 3rd and 4th years.
It may be that there is some room for negotiating on the size of the long service award but public sector workers should have one.
If the wage package does have zeroes in it and/or the long service award has been taken away, I hope that the teachers will vote it down like they did before. Public sector workers deserve to be treated fairly and hopefully the teachers are helping to make that happen. –Person thanking teachers
This article appears in Jan 19-25, 2017.
“It may be that there is some room for negotiating on the size of the long service award but public sector workers should have one.”
Why?
Good lord NOOOO. If the teachers continue to keep their long service award to the tune of $37,000 per retiring teacher and then add to that every other unionized employee this province will be broke in 5 years. Clearly money grows on trees in your backyard!
Dislike for asking why. No reasons given, just “I think they deserve a lump sum payment when they retire.” Why do public sector workers deserve this more than private sector workers? They already enjoy superior benefits in pretty much every way.
You missed the entire reason the teachers were striking….it has nothing to do with the wages or service award…it has everything to do with classroom issues and the ability to give our kids a quality education. You sound like a stereotypical union person that’s all about themselves.
Probably an NSTU troll. *IGNORE*