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and reminder that the opportunity cost of a few days’ strike is far outweighed by teachers being overworked to the bone without adequate compensation or psychological support, resulting in the best teachers weeding themselves out of the field altogether.

anti-union sentiment is hurting kids.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

It's a good deal if you live till ninety and retire at 65. The one in my family is rolling along at her same payrate each month (adjusted COLA) as she had when she left, and since inflation has been under control, generally, it's like her pay was effectively doubled. Every month she gets a Direct Deposit for the amount she would have got if she were still working, 25 years of that and she only worked for 20.... UNIONS!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Full disclosure I don’t think anyone who has started teaching in the last 10-20 years will live to 90 if they continue teaching until they retire. The stress alone is likely to take a decade or two off their life.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 months ago

yeah, mom lived in the 'golden era of teaching' where the parents backed the teachers