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They lost their right to a negotiated deal period!
Lily I must say you are a perfect example of what Cambell is putting all of his hopes behind. There are only two ways to play this little bullshit game.
1: Liberal way- Get Joe and Jane average to think it is all the reachers fault because they just want more money...greedy bastards!
2:Teachers- Hope like hell the public is informed enough to know that there is more at stake then just THEIR wages.
Most of these things are duly noted by Shep. Untill you walk a mile in those shoes you have nothing to base your condemnation.
The teachers figure they are above the law because they have the children as hostages so to speak. Anyone love paying income taxes? It is a law but if you do not like it do not pay. See what happens.
A $200k a day fine is appropriate IMHSCO.
I suspect the teachers have been assured that in a crunch they will be backed up by a general strike.
[marq=left]Solidarity for ever.[/marq]
This union had it's problems with the NDP before, so let's not just blame all this on that evil, right wing capitalist. The NDP's track record with the teachers is less than perfect, and that's why their being very polite about this whole thing.
I'd like to see them all fired. like Regan did with the air traffic controllers. Illegal strikes and the use of children as pawns is far beyond a simple workers union. This is beyond lobbying for "childrens rights".
With the NDP trying to distance themselves from their big labor support, it would be interesting to see what they would do.
I doubt their walk-out will be very lengthy, if it is, they are sure gonna hear it and lose alot of the support.
Yeah i'm not too happy about this especially in grade 12. But I do have to admit, it does give me time to have everything caught up. But one thing that I have to disagree with is that, I don't see them standing up for what they believe in or even breaking a law. Really I couldn't care less how they go about it, so don't think they're sending some kind of message to us just because they walk off, because the average student doesn't even think about it. It's really just another day off to us. But I hope their done doing whatever they're doing by the end of the week so I can get back and continue on with wasting my time listening to teachers. I actually teach myself most of the things that we're learning and only consult a teacher when I have a problem.
Sounds like their starting to crack a bit. The votes to go on strike are not adding up and some teachers are crossing the lines. Teachers are not dumb people and I would doubt that they do have the 80% they think they have.
Good old CKNW!
I don't think the question is whether teachers work hard or not. Teaching is like any other profession. There are those who are committed and those who aren't.
That said, it's pretty hard to argue that when you earn 70k + a year for 8 or 9 months work, with an excellent pension, medical, dental, etc that you're hard done by.
I saw some loser named Frank Bonvino or Frank Bozo or something on the picket line being interviewed by Global News. The reporter asked him if being on strike in defiance of the law didn't send out the wrong message to his students. Frank Bozo's reply?
"I can't think of anything more honourable than to teach my students the importance of standing up for something you believe in."
And what, exactly, does Frank believe in? Why, a big raise for himself and all his buddies, that's what.
Who do these guys think their kidding?
This strike isn't so much about a raise as it is about the right to bargain collectively. A right the government ignored a few years ago when they imposed the current contract.
An unjust law is no law. - St. Augustine.
Wow we 've got a real hardened cynic here.
The essential service legislation is not a removal of rights. What is a removal of rights was the settlement the government imposed last time this dispute came up. What the BC Libs did was essentially say "Here's your contract, now piss off."
The gov't has to negotiate this time simply for the fact that 90% of the public sector union contracts expire next and how they deal with the teachers will set the bar for next year.
You can shit on the unions for only so long. Just ask the Gov. of California.
I don't think this is about money or benefits. I think this is a political attack on the rightfully elected government by hard-line union thugs.
All the rhetoric and saber-rattling over a general union strike is stock and trade for the NDP who are dreaming of more fast cat fiascos.
Yeah becuase every party wishes for more scandals that result in its decimation in the next election.
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