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Posted by brightonr68 on Fri Nov 6 11:02:22 2009, in response to Re: SEPTA Strike or not?, posted by arnine on Fri Nov 6 10:30:47 2009. Everyone wants to earn more money but in this economic climate it is crazy to think to award an 11% raise to anyone. PERIOD including teachers. States are facing huge budget gaps mainly because they granted huge raises when time were good knowing all well that times were never that good anytime in the past and could not remain good. to demand a raise on top of already generous raises in the past.The union leadership is too stupid to understand that without lower taxes, business moves out of state and the country further reducing what states and cities could pay in wages and pensions. I WANT MY PENSION IN PLACE WHEN I RETIRE NOT BANKRUPT. At the current rate it won't. Union leadership is only concerned about today and not the future of the workers they represent. Pay at NYCT , SEPTA, NYC DOE should be based on market rate. For teachers the market has already spoken. Prior to the right sizing of the salary structure NYC could not attract high quality teachers in fact most teaching positions in middle and high schools were either filled by unqualified people or out of certification people. As it is most teachers are working to the brink of nervous breakdowns in some schools and many reconsider whether the extra pay is worth it vs. private schools which pay less but have smaller class sizes and caring parents |
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