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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Didn't FCPS just say that now they have the lowest vacancy rate since during the school closures for Covid (no one was quitting that sweet gig).[/quote]

Yes, Reid has said they have their lowest vacancy rate. They also didn’t do anything to cut costs or target raises to high vacancy spots (I am guessing special ed teachers are still in that category). Instead they proposed a huge across the board raise for all their employees. I have no idea what the union was thinking when they bargained for that. Such a lost opportunity. I’m pretty sure the vast majority of residents would support good raises based on need as shown by vacancies, or at least for just teachers and other direct student-facing roles. Instead, central office employees who either make huge salaries or do purely administrative work would get the same raises as teachers! And the county told them the amount of money that was available and the school board still put forth a budget that blew that amount out of the water. Makes no sense.[/quote]

[b]The unions did not collectively bargain for an across the board increase. They bargained for their members, instructional and operational employees[/b], which are student facing work categories. Reid added in an across the board increase when she presented her budget.

And there are still plenty of school-based openings, despite the “low vacancy rate”:

https://careers.fcps.edu/vl/vacancy.htm[/quote]

Why are people thinking they bargained for people not represented by the bargaining unit? Where is that idea coming from? [/quote]

I have seen zero push back from the union to Reid’s budget that extended the raises to all employees. Instead, the unions have fallen in line with Reid’s BS excellence at a crossroads PR campaign. I also don’t know why the union didn’t bargain for a step instead of a massive percentage raise?[/quote]

My spouse has dealt with unions a lot. During the push for collective bargaining rights, I asked whether this was a good thing or a bad thing for teachers. Spouse's reply: a good thing if the union is competent and a bad thing if it's incompetent. I wasn't aware that retirement was based on steps (if what a PP said is true) but if so, it sounds like the union is incompetent.[/quote]

I've posted on these forums before, so I apologize for repeating.

1.As a young teacher, I worked in a system where there was a teacher's strike a year or so prior to my employment.    The leaders of the strike were fired--but they all came back later in supervisory positions--definitely, this was a "deal" worked out with the administration.  I can also see "deals" being worked out with our FCPS.

The top leader of the strike became president of the Teachers' "Association."  I was a new teacher and he made over six times what I was making.   I don't know about the union leadership here, but watch for salary increases for the top in the coming years.

Warning for teachers:  watch the leadership and see what benefits they get.  I gave a cursory look at the details and it seems they do get lots of paid time off for union work. A little paid time off is one thing, but it looked to me like there were an excessive amount of hours for them.

2. The "building representative" is usually someone who will lobby to have teachers do as little work as possible.  I remember ours telling us to "work to the contract."  Leave as soon as the contract says, etc.  Don't work at home.

3. I was an elementary teacher.  It seems to me that most of the union leaders in our profession are from high schools and negotiate better deals for high school teachers --while forgetting about the elementary school teachers.

Right now, Randi Weingarten is the face of teachers' unions.  [b]This is not a good look for you.  [/b]She lobbied to keep schools closed as long as possible--though she now denies it.
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Why are you being a mean girl with this advice?  Are you an adult and can refer to reputations and PR or are you a middle schooler?[/quote]

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