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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah I don’t think so. Tell your charter board to increase teacher salaries if you don’t like current pay structures. Charter teachers should unionize if they want the collective bargaining power that the WTU has. Why on earth should they benefit from the DCPS union’s efforts if they choose not to unionize (MV aside)?

Some context for anyone who’s trying to figure out what this is about: https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1109459.page

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This is silly. Salaries can't be increased independent of funding. The salaries of the unionized charter school are lower than the other charters. It isn't that the union isn't effective, they just can't raise salaries to compete with other charters (or DCPS) without getting equivalent funding. [/quote]

Charters choose to pay their teachers lower salaries in many cases.  They want to be independent and therefore they choose how to allocate their budgets.  They choose their staffing numbers, salaries, etc.  Advocate with your charter leaders to increase teacher pay in their budgeting.[/quote]

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