Of course teachers will say they do ‘so much!’ work for class at home and after school that they don’t get paid for....
You can talk to them until you are blue in the face that most salaries private sector employees do too - but they just don’t hear you.
They always compare themselves to factory shift-work (punch the clock) employees that get paid over-time if they do anything extra - that’s the wrong comparison. There are millions of people working salaried jobs that take their work home and work before and after ‘hours’ that make half their wage.(If they are lucky)
‘They always compare themselves to factory shift-work (punch the clock) employees that get paid over-time if they do anything extra’
Agreed.
Many of us hourlies ,especially over the last 3 years have taken not only pay-cuts(20% myself), but work additional hours and have been given extra tasks done by others who quit/laid-off, in order NOT only to keep our jobs but to keep companies we work for,afloat.
I haven’t seen a raise since 2007 and vacation time is a half a day here or half a day there.
I am sure many folks are in the same predicament.