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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The timing of collective bargaining starting May 1 is unfortunate, because it gives AEA a lot of incentive to take a very hard line right now.  They’re worried that any inch they gone now will affect the contract they can negotiate in the spring, so they’re not going to give an inch on reopening until their contract is done.[/quote]

? - But they don’t have any real power now.  Plus, they really don’t speak for all teachers.  [/quote]

They don’t have the legal authority to set policy, but they absolutely have power.  If AEA came to its members and said they believed schools could open safely now if APS did X,Y, and Z, you would see a lot more teachers getting on board with the idea (and indicating a willingness to return to in-school education).  Instead, what we have right now is AEA insisting there’s no way school could be safely reopened at any time this year and demanding that APS make the decision now to stay virtual the entire year, and encouraging their members to take the same approaching by instead indicating that they do not want to return to in-school learning (hence the concerns about adequate staffing).  AEA is worried that any compromise they agree to now will be a foregone conclusion in contract negotiations, and that they’ll have to negotiate off that compromise point rather than the extreme position they’re taking now.

From a pure negotiating standpoint, it’s the right strategy for them, but no one should be under any illusion that their position on reopening is considering student needs.  It’s all about contract negotiation.[/quote]

Ah, well.  Unfortunately, we live in the land of self interest.  Can you blame them?  Well, I guess a lot of folks do.  I don’t.  How else are they going to survive in a country where greedy men take all that they can?  Mothers, teachers, social workers, nurses  - all those people who give and give and give — have to stand up for themselves.  I guess you can either decide to oppress them even more or throw them the few bones they are asking for.  If you need them this much, then why are people being so gosh darn stingy about giving them their vaccines, their air filters, and their hazard pay.  Show them they are worth something other than the crap you scrape off your shoes.  You think they already have cushy jobs?  Try volunteering in a classroom for one week before you make that judgment.[/quote]

I don’t blame them, but I think it has changed some people’s perceptions of teachers.  If you previously viewed teaching as a calling, as something people chose to do despite the pay because of their commitment to children and their education (and advocated for increased pay because you felt that they were worth far more than they were being compensated), this experience may have taken some of the shine off. [/quote]

I was called to teach.

I was never called to risk my long term health to teach . [/quote]

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