Comments on: Tacoma schools must open on time next week http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2011/08/24/tacoma-schools-must-open-on-time-next-week/ What's on the minds of Tacoma News Tribune editorial writers Thu, 27 Sep 2012 16:38:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: olympicmtn http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/2011/08/24/tacoma-schools-must-open-on-time-next-week/#comment-96739 olympicmtn Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:20:54 +0000 http://blog.thenewstribune.com/opinion/?p=12889#comment-96739 “Most Tacoma families have themselves endured leaner paychecks or other hardships as a result of the recession. Many Tacomans have lost jobs outright. They won’t be amused by a union and administration that can’t find creative ways to make do and get on with the job of educating children.”

And most of the PRIVATE sector PROFESSIONAL workers work year round over 40 hour weeks, without overtime. You can’t have it both ways, be a professional and then bellyache about working over 40 hrs. Reality is either (1) your a professional and you get a salary or (2) your not.

The PRIVATE sector is also trying to create jobs and keep the economy and GDP going and practicing leaner means of operating including cutting salaries and benefits so we don’t have high inflation. This is the opposite of what the public sector is doing, forcing inflation with higher salaries.

I suggest the teachers look at what they make per hour including their hefty perks and TRI, extra pay, extra work days, and figure out if they want to work the same job in the private sector for the same pay per hour and work year round without overtime.

Then come back and complain about your summer vacations off.

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