Here is some more info on what they are striking about. The most major point:
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What will it take to settle the strike?It will take a negotiated settlement between the parties.
Management has put forward an offer of 12.6% over four years that would move the new maximum salary for faculty to $94,277. Furthermore, managements bargaining team is not requesting any increase to faculty workloads.
With this monetary offer, Ontario college faculty would remain the best paid among all 10 provinces. The differential between the salaries of high school teachers and college faculty will continue to positively increase for our faculty.
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
Fuck that sound! That means I get to sit at work and do dick all cause nobody's there! Life is grand!
*dances*
There aren't teacher's unions everywhere here in the States. I don't know about Indiana, but I know there wasn't a teacher's union in North Carolina. There was/is one in Massachusetts, and they went on strike when I was in grade school up there.
But I don't think I've ever heard of a college professor union going on strike. College professors, even untenured ones, have a pretty sweet deal. Lot of grade school and high school teachers double up in the evenings at colleges to bring home extra tasty money.
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Ja'Deth Issar Ka'bael had this to say about pies:
College professors, even untenured ones, have a pretty sweet deal.
'part time' ones don't, with a phd they only get 3000 per course
I say part time in quotescasue often they teach alot more classes then 'real' professors
"I don't know that atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
-- George Herbert Walker Bush
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Leftover Mog had this to say about the Spice Girls:
'part time' ones don't, with a phd they only get 3000 per courseI say part time in quotescasue often they teach alot more classes then 'real' professors
Yeah, my English professor adjuncts at 4 different schools just to make ends meet.
She also said if it's under 4 weeks, then they'll just extend the semester.
What pisses me off about this is what happens if it's over 4 weeks: I have to wait until next JANUARY to finish my program.
Oh, and if it lasts until Monday, then I lose my really important, 15%-of-my-mark placement that gives me experience in the field. The good news about that is that the lawyer can opt to have us, even if the college's insurance doesn't cover us.
However, the Vacation is nice BeauChan fucked around with this message on 03-07-2006 at 01:15 PM.
