LMFAO the amount of union cope in this post is WILD.
“I used to work for an non union school and we got fucked by the government. Luckily they sent someone down to convince us this was okay. Then after I left the teachers there realised it’s NOT okay, unionized and immediately got the same better pay that I was told simply wasn’t possible. Now the government is trying to fuck the teachers again including by the tyrannical use of the NWC and the unions are standing up for it but I’m confused, could it be the unions were good all along and the government was bad?!?”
Bro, I’m sorry you were so easily separated from the fair wages you deserved and could have had if you were unionized. We need unions to protect teachers like you, who are willing to give up their fair wages for a sad story. The very same gentleness that likely makes you great with kids is used by the government to exploit you. You need protection from people who are going to fight for what you deserve from a government who has been fucking teachers over from day one.
Edit: in case it helps the reason the teachers union is refusing the agreement isn’t wages, it’s because they want a class size limit. As a teacher you should know what it’s like teaching classes of 35+ kids. The government won’t budge because they don’t care about teachers or kids. They see teachers as overpaid government funded babysitters so parents can go to work, and the more kids they can throw in a class the cheaper it is for them.
No, we didnt get f’d by the government and we weren’t exploited. We CHOSE not to join the ATA or become public schools because we didnt agree with the imposition of a curriculum that didnt align with our values. Therefore we were given no funding.
The gov has since realized that there are thousands (about 5% of the student population) that are in the same position and rather than not fund them they now give partial funding to the over 200 independent schools in AB.
Its definitely a compromise on both parts because now those same schools also have to conform to some of the very things that kept us from accepting the funding in the first place. The adage is accurate: “You take the governments shekels means you take the governments shackles” Its better for the teachers but it did involve compromises.
LMFAO the amount of union cope in this post is WILD.
“I used to work for an non union school and we got fucked by the government. Luckily they sent someone down to convince us this was okay. Then after I left the teachers there realised it’s NOT okay, unionized and immediately got the same better pay that I was told simply wasn’t possible. Now the government is trying to fuck the teachers again including by the tyrannical use of the NWC and the unions are standing up for it but I’m confused, could it be the unions were good all along and the government was bad?!?”
Bro, I’m sorry you were so easily separated from the fair wages you deserved and could have had if you were unionized. We need unions to protect teachers like you, who are willing to give up their fair wages for a sad story. The very same gentleness that likely makes you great with kids is used by the government to exploit you. You need protection from people who are going to fight for what you deserve from a government who has been fucking teachers over from day one.
Edit: in case it helps the reason the teachers union is refusing the agreement isn’t wages, it’s because they want a class size limit. As a teacher you should know what it’s like teaching classes of 35+ kids. The government won’t budge because they don’t care about teachers or kids. They see teachers as overpaid government funded babysitters so parents can go to work, and the more kids they can throw in a class the cheaper it is for them.
No, we didnt get f’d by the government and we weren’t exploited. We CHOSE not to join the ATA or become public schools because we didnt agree with the imposition of a curriculum that didnt align with our values. Therefore we were given no funding.
The gov has since realized that there are thousands (about 5% of the student population) that are in the same position and rather than not fund them they now give partial funding to the over 200 independent schools in AB.
Its definitely a compromise on both parts because now those same schools also have to conform to some of the very things that kept us from accepting the funding in the first place. The adage is accurate: “You take the governments shekels means you take the governments shackles” Its better for the teachers but it did involve compromises.