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Some of my best friends are teachers….
Of course I’m being a bit ironic with the title, although it happens to be true. So it is in the spirit of a friendly warning that I bring this Jon Stewart clip to the attention of my teacher friends. Jon is warning you, in his sarcastic way, that the fabulous salaries and benefits your union has won for you may be coming back to bite you.
Ontario last year projected a deficit of almost $25 BILLION, and the next government is going to have to slash spending. Looking into my crystal ball, I predict that the teachers’ unions will be most unhelpful in this cause and, when they continue to insist on salaries that approach $100,000, people’s minds will turn to teachers’ 12 weeks of holidays, guaranteed jobs, and all those PD days.
Bottom line: the teachers’ unions may not be doing their members all that much of a favour anymore.