Here in CA thats less true every year.
It used to be teachers got great retirement benefits because they were expected to earn less during the course of their careers than those in the private sector.
Thanks to collective bargaining they now have great retirement benefits PLUS pretty damn good salaries, in many cases better than their equivalents in the private sectors.
>>Thanks to collective bargaining they now have great retirement benefits PLUS pretty damn good salaries, in many cases better than their equivalents in the private sectors.
They do here in FL too, for a job that is not all-year, has fairly short days compared to the private sector, and provides many work days each year where the customer (the students) stay home. But they think they deserve a six-figure salary due to their Masters degree, while ignoring the supply and demand problem of too many teachers graduating college each year and not enough retiring. (The “teacher shortage” is largely due to affirmative action requirements—they refuse to hire the qualified so they can create openings for the diverse.)
So they all hate Republicans for not giving them all that they think they deserve. Then they hate Republicans when Democrats don’t give them what they promised.
Public schools are child abuse.