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But the teachers have caved. Fuck the fines! Don’t pay them! Shut down the province you pussies. Next it’s going to be your universal health care. Then your food banks! STAND UP FOR YOUR RIGHTS!!
Well, to be fair they got a lot of what they were asking for. They are getting a 12% raise over the next 4 years. They are getting 3000 new teachers and 1500 new Educational Assistants. And the government is asking them to submit accurate classroom size counts so they can see where the greatest needs are. The UCP have also pledged $8.6 billion investment over seven years, to build up to 90 new schools across the province and modernize or replace up to 24 existing schools.
It's not like they got completely ripped off - they didn't get the concrete plan for dealing with class sizes and complexities, but in what scenario does everyone walk away happy? They got a decent deal, even if it wasn't 100%. And its not enough of a disappointment to actually walk off the job. Teachers love their students, they're glad to be back in the classroom because they already have 3 weeks of curriculum to catch up on, they're not going to walk off now.
Source: Former principal with four immediate family members who are teachers.
12% over 4 years is just 2.9% year-over-year or basically a cost-of-living adjustment.
But teachers on the grid get their yearly grid increase plus the 3%, so if you're a teacher in Calgary with 6 yrs of education you were starting at 68,995. Now next year you'll get the one year grid increase to 83,078. So in a year your salary has jumped up 13,258. That's a 19.2% increase in one year and not exactly chicken feed.
The only teachers who dont see the grid increase are those at the top of the grid but with 6 years education they will be making 119,033 a year, which is a pretty respectable income.
I just cant see a teacher getting a 13,258 increase saying that they're still so angry they want a general strike. Yes the gov needs to come through with some changes after they collect the classroom size data they are now collecting, but if they follow through on their promise to add teachers and EAs, it will deflate the current frustration significantly.
If the 12%/4 yrs is in addition to, great! Didn’t read that way though.