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Originally Posted by Craig
If that is the case, maybe they should consider teaching elsewhere in the world.
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That's like expecting auto workers to move to Mexico or China.
Education is different, it can't be outsourced to another country, except insofar as students are sent overseas.
I don't see much of a problem at all with a difference between what the managerial class sees as a fair wage and what the working class sees as a fair wage. There's always been a difference between those two groups on what counts as 'fair' based on class differences.
Just a simple example. The principal at the school where my wife teaches, called a department chair meeting to be held last Saturday. The principal thought it was fair to do this, my wife thought it was unfair to expect teachers to work on their day off when their contract clearly states they don't have to work that day? The principal thought it was fair because she was trying to get department chairs to do certain things to meet the school's goal, so the principal could get her promised bonus for meeting the goal. The principal routinely fires teachers who disagree with her policy. The only way for teachers to get their side a voice in this kind of situation is to unionize. My wife loves teaching. Why should she move into another field or tolerate the bullying of her principal? This kind of treatment occurs everyday in most businesses where employees are subject to the will of managers. Why not resist if you find your work valuable to you?
I think society would be far better off if the power difference between the managerial class and the working class were reduced. In the meantime, unions serve the interests of the working class and are necessary to maintain or increase wages and to resist arbitrary power.