Canada

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.