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Pig Nuts wrote on Oct 7, 2009 10:05 AM:
I thought educators would be smarter than this. There is a 50% chance they strike. Everyone is going to loose if you don't get your act together. Do you not understand contraction? The entire past 9 years of economic activity has been made up out of thin air. You have to provide a form of labor to produce results monetarily. The entire system is imploding & if you do not do something to put a floor under it you will not see a paycheck much less worry about a reduction. If you have issues with insurance then take responsibility for it. Adopt a self insurance model. My union did & we just had an insurance premium holiday 2 months ago. We were able to skip our premium that month. Stop the whining & do something to fix it.
club40 wrote on Oct 6, 2009 2:50 PM:
Everyone in this area has suffered financially the last couple of years.
To conservativenotrepublican:
All that education, and you can't find a way to stay healthy. WOW! No wonder we the tax payers are discouraged with the education our children are getting. I think $3. an hour is too much for you!
To conservativenotrepublican:
All that education, and you can't find a way to stay healthy. WOW! No wonder we the tax payers are discouraged with the education our children are getting. I think $3. an hour is too much for you!
joe black wrote on Oct 6, 2009 12:15 PM:
I certainly hope "conservativenotrepublican" is not a math teacher. The analogy with a babysitter is convoluted at best and, if you do the math, it's totally wrong.
State workers are taking a pay cut and furlough days and so should teachers.
State workers are taking a pay cut and furlough days and so should teachers.
The Brutal Truth wrote on Oct 4, 2009 10:30 PM:
CONCERNED,
These folks can't be bothered with facts.
They don't get that school employees aren't asking for MORE, they are just asking that they don't lose what they already have.
These folks can't be bothered with facts.
They don't get that school employees aren't asking for MORE, they are just asking that they don't lose what they already have.
conservativenotrepublican wrote on Oct 4, 2009 10:31 AM:
additionally, more than hald my salary goes to taxes, retireent and my health insurance.
My take home pay BARELY makes my monthly bills.
Yes, Im lucky to have retirement and health insurance. But retirement and health care does not put food on my table. At best, Its there to pick up the slack when Im sick from not eating properly.
My take home pay BARELY makes my monthly bills.
Yes, Im lucky to have retirement and health insurance. But retirement and health care does not put food on my table. At best, Its there to pick up the slack when Im sick from not eating properly.
conservativenotrepublican wrote on Oct 4, 2009 10:28 AM:
Before all you nay-saying right-wing but jobs open your mouths about teachers and their wages....you should know that we dont even make what an average babysitter makes.
If I was a babysitter, working the same hours, I could earn $280,000 for 190 days. Thats based on $10 an hour for 150 kids for an 8 hour day.
However, I make $3 an hour given this scenario.........$3 an hour!!!!! And I had to pay $70K in school bills to get there!!!!!
Personally, Im just thrilled to be working and consider myself lucky to be able to do a job I love!
If I was a babysitter, working the same hours, I could earn $280,000 for 190 days. Thats based on $10 an hour for 150 kids for an 8 hour day.
However, I make $3 an hour given this scenario.........$3 an hour!!!!! And I had to pay $70K in school bills to get there!!!!!
Personally, Im just thrilled to be working and consider myself lucky to be able to do a job I love!
sunmoonuranus wrote on Oct 3, 2009 7:43 AM:
Concerned: A little MORE clarity from a parent, taxpayer and supporter of education -- all my coworkers (who weren't laid off) took pay cuts in the 10-23% range, in addition to higher premium contributions, lower mileage reimbursement rates, etc. 8.5% doesn't seem unmanageable, given what's going on in the real world.
concerned wrote on Oct 2, 2009 7:04 PM:
The teachers are not on strike....the teachers "picketing" were there supporting the negotiation team.
concerned wrote on Oct 2, 2009 7:02 PM:
A little clarity on the contract for teachers in North Bend. The district is asking for teachers to take ten cut days this year. Each day is a reduction in salary of .5 percent. Ten days would equal a 5 percent salary reduction for the teachers. The district is also asking that the teachers get nothing on insurance, which has increased 13% this year. They have not had any contribution to insurance in the past 4 years already, while each year, insurance has increased. Taking nothing on insurance would be another 3.5 percent cut in their salary. The district would like to do this while operating on budget based on 5.6 billion from the state. The state has told schools to budget on 5.8 to 6.0 billion dollars. They are also sitting on a cash carryover of 1.7 to 2.5 million dollars. They have over $500,000 tied up in an account that they can’t touch even in emergency situations. Teachers are being asked to take a cut of 8.5 percent. It is not a matter of them getting a raise; it is a matter of not losing money, while being expected to do more for less.
changeisgood wrote on Oct 2, 2009 11:11 AM:
METOO: Maybe you should pay my share then. My raise this year didn't come through! I happy just having what I got in this economy.
metoo! wrote on Oct 2, 2009 9:20 AM:
Teachers should make as much as doctors or lawyers maybe more. They teach our children, OUR FUTURE!
Carl wrote on Oct 2, 2009 4:11 AM:
Perhaps the district administrative budget could use a massive cut back, if not total elimination. Run the schools on the county level and stop the featherbedding!!!
orecoast007 wrote on Oct 2, 2009 3:32 AM:
It sounds like the teachers care more about themselves than our kids...... TEACHERS:Just do your ******* job that you were hired to do!!!!!!!! I don't think they should be paid for No School days....
COQUILLIAN wrote on Oct 1, 2009 5:13 PM:
Teachers in this county have NOT lost a penny in years. Many other workers have, and they had better get their butts back in the classroom.
club40 wrote on Oct 1, 2009 3:16 PM:
Let 'em stand out there. It'll be raining soon, and they could all use a good soak.
coosbayite wrote on Oct 1, 2009 2:29 PM:
I know the work that teachers go through and I wouldn't want to do it today. However, if I was teaching today, I would be happy just to have a job when all my neighbors are just trying to survive. Some workers are back to early 70's wages. I think it is time that teachers realize that they too have to give a little and let what little extra money there is go into the schools for needed equipment and supplies. Even if they do get their way and manage to get a raise, it will just cost some of their fellow workers their jobs.
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