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and reminder that the opportunity cost of a few days’ strike is far outweighed by teachers being overworked to the bone without adequate compensation or psychological support, resulting in the best teachers weeding themselves out of the field altogether. anti-union sentiment is hurting kids.

It’s not just the pay.

It’s also the constant walking on eggshells about every single topic

Administrators controlling how teachers run their classroom

Discipline being relegated to the teachers taking time away from teaching

Open communication between parents and teachers being abused with no help from administration

Lack of resources to properly cover certain topics

Lack of programs to properly educate different types of students in ways they need, ways that a traditional classroom environment doesn’t provide.

Source: Former teacher

I would say 10 years ago it probably would have been mostly a pay issue. Now, all the teachers I know, a raise wouldn’t be enough to right the ship. Teaching to the test, no child left behind, the ever increasing behavior problems with no real way to stop it, the list goes on and on.