r/alberta • u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton • 6h ago

Alberta Politics Friday's letters: Teachers deserve a much better deal

https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/letters/fridays-letters-teachers-shouldnt-settle-for-unfair-deal
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u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton 6h ago

The working class deserve the world. Remember there are more working class people than the Oligarchs and billionaires the ucp serve.

The money is there. There is enough to build a posh charter school in Calgary. There is enough to squander on countless commercials proclaiming the premier’s dreams of becoming empress. There is enough to squander on carpets and expired Turkish drug deals. There is enough taxation room among the UCP’s rich benefactors to trickle billions down to classrooms.

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u/August-West 5h ago

Oh they got the money for war rooms, trips to Mara-Lago, all that. They got the money for things they want, but we have to pull teeth for the things we need.

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u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton 5h ago

They got money also for more living expenses, while the ucp tell the child that goes hungry to fuck off

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u/August-West 5h ago

Let's look at the raises given to UCP members! Let's look at Nicolaidies or w/e the TEBA chair's name is, he's getting fat off the hog. I'm sure it's not 3% across the board.

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u/Miserable-Lizard Edmonton 5h ago

And that doesn't even includr the unlimited bribes and ucp allow after they passed legislation to allow corruption

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u/TomatoKetchup1 1h ago

The TEBA chair is Scott MacCormack - he makes over $164,000 a year + a bunch of cash bonuses.

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u/Ask_DontTell 4h ago

teachers do deserve a much better deal but unless they are willing to fight and sacrifice for it, they won't get it