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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, this is not the place to post. Most on here are not teachers and have no sympathy for them. I advise you to post on places like fishbowl and reddit. Best of luck. I am a teacher and it is draining. More mentally than anything. The pay does not even matter to me.[/quote]

I have tremendous sympathy for teachers. But why have teachers been unable to make changes using their unions? From what I understand, teachers are 
-overwhelmed with IEP paperwork and meetings 
-overwhelmed by behavioral issues and acting out
-overwhelmed by phone use in class
-overwhelmed by increasing demands by admin

I am sure i am missing many others. Why can’t the Union, which I thought was powerful (although maybe not) negotiate changes?? It sounds like teachers and many families are aligned, but state lawmakers have handcuffed schools with so many legal requirements? [/quote]

DCPS took 3.5 years to negotiate our last contract which had minimal changes—it gave them a slight edge in filing grievances. The only other thing was salary increases. By the time it was approved, it was maybe 6 months before that just negotiated four year contract expired.

So we immediately began negotiating another one. It’s now over a year without a contract and DCPS wants to be able to do things like move highly effective teachers to any school DCPS wants them at, be able to change our working ours, change the length of the school year. These are all changes that would be removing language from the contract so it’s no longer a protection.

Our only option is to go without a contract basically indefinitely. We can’t strike, and DCPS won’t negotiate in good faith it seems. (They initially requested 5am weekday negotiating sessions with teachers.)[/quote]

Sounds like the union isn't negotiating in good faith.[/quote]

What suggests that? The post was about why unions can’t increase teacher protections. Granted this is DCPS, but was an example of how we get either minimal change or extreme change in favor of the employer in exchange for salary increases. If we don’t accept their demands, we don’t get raises. So how is the union not negotiating in good faith?[/quote]

That WTU has been willfully breaking the law throughout the negotiation process.[/quote]

Tell me more. I’ve heard nothing about this. [/quote]

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