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In reply to the discussion: Union member in you family? CHECK IN [View all]gopiscrap
(24,747 posts)64. yes my wife
she is in the Tacoma Area of Classroom Teacher (TACT) the Washington Education Association and National Educational Association. and boy has the union made a difference. She taught for 15 years in the Roman Catholic school system and boy do they fuck you over. After 15 years her retirement was 22,000 no monthly check, plus they ca pretty much fire you at will. She once had a Catholic school principal tell her she had no right to be pregnant and give birth in the middle of a school year. Now she works for the Public Schools, (with a union) and her retirement as it stands is 280,000plus a monthly check for 2600 and 45 days pay that she has racked up for not taking her full sick leave
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Apr 2024
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