I sit on the fence here. In Ontario, the government cut WAY back on education funding and INCREASED class size. How can a teacher keep 31-33 kids attention? Yet teachers DO have a long summer vacation. Their salary is spread over the whole year, not just when they are teaching. A friend of mine was a teacher yet had no children of her own. When asked why she did not have children, she replied “I DO have children. Thirty One of them to be exact. I see those children more than their parents do.” She has a point.
A prime example of attacking the victims. They should have picketed the city for failing to come to a reasonable agreement.
Teachers never want to strike; they put up with an incredible amount of crap to keep from having to leave the kids hanging, but when the community leaders push them too far, they have no recourse but to strike. Want the strike over? Demand the city meet the Teacher’s demands. They aren’t being greedy, or unreasonable; it’s always the city that is.
Picketing for all the wrong reasons, I see. It’s not even got anything to do with the matters that the strike is about, the parents just don’t want to have to deal with their kids themselves anymore, and that’s frankly both very selfish and borderline negligent parenting.
If you’re going to protest the strike, then at least do it for a darn good reason that actually has to do with said strike.
SHAKEDOWNVILLE almost 3 years ago
“Picket masters”.
allen@home almost 3 years ago
We want our daycare opened back up.
hildigunnurr Premium Member almost 3 years ago
c’mon! fight with them not against them. Address the ones not paying properly.
exitseven almost 3 years ago
Fire them all. They can be replaced in 5 minutes.
MuddyUSA Premium Member almost 3 years ago
Only the “people” can change things!
DawnQuinn1 almost 3 years ago
I sit on the fence here. In Ontario, the government cut WAY back on education funding and INCREASED class size. How can a teacher keep 31-33 kids attention? Yet teachers DO have a long summer vacation. Their salary is spread over the whole year, not just when they are teaching. A friend of mine was a teacher yet had no children of her own. When asked why she did not have children, she replied “I DO have children. Thirty One of them to be exact. I see those children more than their parents do.” She has a point.
j.l.farmer almost 3 years ago
parents need to put themselves in the strikers shoes to know what exactly they are fighting for before they complain about the inconvenience to them.
Suede Civilian almost 3 years ago
A prime example of attacking the victims. They should have picketed the city for failing to come to a reasonable agreement.
Teachers never want to strike; they put up with an incredible amount of crap to keep from having to leave the kids hanging, but when the community leaders push them too far, they have no recourse but to strike. Want the strike over? Demand the city meet the Teacher’s demands. They aren’t being greedy, or unreasonable; it’s always the city that is.
scyphi26 almost 3 years ago
Picketing for all the wrong reasons, I see. It’s not even got anything to do with the matters that the strike is about, the parents just don’t want to have to deal with their kids themselves anymore, and that’s frankly both very selfish and borderline negligent parenting.
If you’re going to protest the strike, then at least do it for a darn good reason that actually has to do with said strike.
MarshaOstroff almost 3 years ago
Shame on Len and Abby! They seem to have forgotten the long Jewish tradition of support for labor unions. :(