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> The workers are well represented by a strong union, have good healthcare and reasonable wages. My spouse and sister are both schoolteachers. Sister's situati
by 09bjb 6y ago
> The workers are well represented by a strong union, have good healthcare and reasonable wages.
My spouse and sister are both schoolteachers. Sister's situation: laid off from a private school where enrollment will drop significantly this year. Spouse's situation: works for a well-funded school in one of the most populous states in the U.S., where there is no strong union, the pay is below the poverty line after mandatory deductions, and the healthcare is so bad (no out-of-network benefits and in-network only applies within the county, basically) that most people have to expand their view of what "health insurance coverage" is in order to understand it. A number of the teachers in their network are considering teach 5 kids in a private daycare group (working 30 hours a week) instead of teaching 30+ kids working 50 hours a week under very constrained public school conditions. These are anecdotes, of course, but what we're seeing from over here is that teachers don't feel safe reopening schools, and aren't overly committed to their benefits since they're not particularly well taken care of by the standards of the average American worker. Just a different two cents.
- salmon30salmon 6y agoI appreciate your perspective and I am sorry that that is the situation in your state. I admit I can only speak for my state, and as such should limit my opinions to that context. Thank you!