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« Reply #6360 on: September 10, 2012, 07:11:49 pm »

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« Reply #6361 on: September 10, 2012, 07:14:14 pm »

I really need to get an internship so I can quit that job, but everything is out of town/out of state
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« Reply #6362 on: September 11, 2012, 02:51:13 pm »

There's a lot of things that should be changed, like that... That doesn't seem right, at all.
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« Reply #6363 on: September 11, 2012, 03:01:10 pm »

That's because it isn't.. And it's the unions who have done it...
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« Reply #6364 on: September 11, 2012, 09:40:42 pm »

Unions aren't good.
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« Reply #6365 on: September 11, 2012, 09:41:54 pm »

I wouldn't flat out say that, but they're definitely bad in some ways. Good in others. They can really save people's butts in some situations, but they can also save the butt of the person who really shouldn't be saved.
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« Reply #6366 on: September 11, 2012, 10:17:28 pm »

Unions once had a very real and important place in our country.. worker safety and such.. but now that the laws have all been written they serve little purpose and due to corruption, do more harm than good.

Right now Chicago teachers are on strike, and tey already make 76000 a year on average... some of the highest in the country.
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« Reply #6367 on: September 11, 2012, 10:37:06 pm »

I get to go to a greyhound meeting this weekend! Cheesy
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« Reply #6368 on: September 11, 2012, 10:38:03 pm »

 Well, what's the cost of living in Chicago? And what are the risks for the teachers? The type of environment that they're in could be causing this strike, amongst other things. And they don't make 76K a year on average, unless that's the very top of the payscale.
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« Reply #6369 on: September 12, 2012, 01:37:48 am »

Oh really??
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2012/06/12/how-much-do-chicago-public-school-teachers-make/

The cost of living in Chicago, Illinois is 112.3 percent, which means it is in the middle range of the United States' cost of living averages. New York, New York's rate is 214.7 percent, whereas Houston, Texas is 88.2 percent. For more information look here:
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As for crime, I am guessing NY. LA, and Columbine are all higher...beside which, crime never factors into comp packages.
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« Reply #6370 on: September 12, 2012, 01:43:42 am »

That's one public spokesperson. If the average is that much, that means that starting pay is around $55K a year, and it isn't. Though they might be including private schools, which could potentially alter that.
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« Reply #6371 on: September 12, 2012, 01:49:31 am »

They are holding out for a 35% pay increase when they have been given a reasonable offer.. and private school teachers are not in the union AFAIK.. 
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« Reply #6372 on: September 12, 2012, 03:43:06 am »

IDK, my grandmother is a special needs teacher in a public school and she's paid only a little more than minimum wage.....
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« Reply #6373 on: September 12, 2012, 11:17:14 am »

Teachers here barely make $30K, I think its closer to $25K a year.
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« Reply #6374 on: September 12, 2012, 11:32:21 am »

My Dad is the foremost expert in his field in Europe and he barely makes $25k per year. So I don't see the problem?
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« Reply #6375 on: September 12, 2012, 12:23:01 pm »

And since Chicago is in the midrange for cost of living... I think it's time for them to teach  instead of play politics...
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« Reply #6379 on: September 12, 2012, 01:35:27 pm »

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