UQAM Irresponsible childishness of the teachers union

UQAM Irresponsible childishness of the teachers union - are they adults- money is happiness - a war to end on the back of Student Associations

The frontal attack of the president of the union of professors from the University of Quebec in Montreal against the rector Robert Proulx does not pass as a letter in the mail to all faculty-.

Robert Proulx  Director of the UQAM facing the union mafia teachers

in interview HERE RDI Friday morning, a professor of the department of political science at UQAM, Carolle Simard, assured that it was wrong to believe that Michele Nevert speak for all members of the union.

"Our union president speaks for all teachers, by causing the People all teachers and students are behind condone what is happening at the university. This is not true. "- Carolle Simard, a professor in the political science department at UQAM

'teachers are also divided, and many teachers start to be very irritated by this position of the union president who speaks on our behalf, and which does not of the very important issues that are currently playing in college, "she said.

In an interview with Radio-Canada antenna Thursday Mrs Nevert said there was a" breach of trust "between academic community and the rector, and the gap between the two groups "only increases" because of decisions taken by Robert Proulx.

Michèle Nevert and UQAM belongs to taxpayers and not to your union.

Ms. Michelle Nevert, the solution to the crisis is simple: Proulx President should commit to not call the police in the university, and did not request an extension of the injunction, which expires next Monday. UQAM, she said, should also respect the democratic strike votes of faculty associations.

"Yes, I'm afraid,"

Ms. Simard is not his first public appearance on student activism. In February, she had published in The Gazette a letter signed by 13 of his colleagues in the political science department to expose a culture of bullying at UQAM.

"Does that students can prevent other students from study, attend their course? I'm not at all agree with this stance. This is my position, which is debatable, I admit. I defend "- Carolle Simard, professor in the Department of Political Science at UQAM

This letter, she said today proved" prescient "in that it was written before the strike. "We denounce the rampage, course exercised at every turn, the impertinence of many students against teachers, the intimidation of the support staff, the hidden manifestations, even before the strikes, "she recalls.

Ms. Simard does not hide it fears the excesses stemming from the conflict. Yes I Am. I'm scared. That said, in my classes, the students I teach, which are public policy, public administration, want to have their courses "

Here are our future teachers in Quebec.

"Unfortunately, students who voted for the strike believe that they are within their rights, they do not want to be punished for the wrongdoing they committed. For now, it is them who lead a little play. And the president is trying to force the game now, "she

said."We will see who will win. Is someone going to win?

"Quebecersare spoiled Teacherschildren

Teachersare the spoiled children of the system. They work 10 months a year and are paid for 12 months. In addition, they will do in the classroom as twenty hours a week ... "When they work." They have job security and they do not have a boss on your back all day. They are masters and kings in the classroom. They assess the work of their students, but they do not want to be evaluated in return. In short, it is heaven on earth in terms of conditions of employment. Sinecure. Yet they dare to complain.

Journalists of experience working about 10 months of the year also when one considers their annual vacation of six to eight weeks of special leave, sick leave. Every day, they write for two or three hours. They prepare their articles in two or three hours too. Their work is evaluated by their peers who read or listen, and their bosses. Usually, the job security is gained: Unions protect them from arbitrary action by employers. Their conditions of employment are strangely similar to those of teachers. Yet they are not on the spot every time they negotiate their collective agreement.

The teachers have bad press. They have a reputation for being cowards who take advantage of the system. Adults remember their harsh experiences of school children and they keep a feeling of resentment toward their former masters. In addition, they end up paying for their executioners of yesterday. Besides, for the most part they do not have the same powers. Normal that they want revenge for their past sufferings.

In addition, those who benefit from the service offered by teachers are not entitled to the chapter. Indeed, the majority of students do not vote and do not pay taxes. When the service is deteriorating as a result of cuts of all kinds, recipients are doubly left behind account: they get fewer services and they do not have to be taken to remedy the situationteachers.

Valuing the role of  will not come from adults or students. The government wants to feed the poor reputation of its employees to better manage them. Sad to say, but the teachers are alone in their camp. They can not rely on anyone.

Here as elsewhere, the only criterion for judging the function of teachers is becoming more economical. Is the education system profitable? Teachers do they cost too much compared to the objectives? That is to say, producing graduates with increasingly specialized skills to provide hardworking cheap for the companies.

Humanists yesterday who wanted teachers to good head and not much full, disappeared as they have not produced material wealth. No longer remain the capitalists who produce material wealth in quantity for a small number of individuals. They are the ones who dictate the way forward in the world of education, in terms of objectives, evaluation and costmarket.

Teachers must then follow the law of the  Supply and demand. The economic system requires students ready for use at lower cost. This is what the education system will offer. Except that the cost is in working conditions down to the teachers. But we know, they are spoiled children ...

they are overpaid and they work Quebecers Our professors as other teachers in western countries or they are not only abuse of themselves

In Quebec, a teacher at the top of the pay scale earned $ 72,212 in 2011-2012. Among the 10 provinces, Quebec teachers are in the middle of the pack, much better than in British Columbia ($ 64,131), but much less than in Alberta ($ 92,104). This salary does not take into account differences in the cost of living, it says, which is generally lower in Quebec.

In this light, the Quebec Teachers therefore appear to adequately paid, although slightly below the Canadian average of nearly 75 000.

However, there was a catch. To reach the top of the scale, teachers must wait at least 15 years, the longest maturity of any province. Teachers from other provinces come rather to the top in 10 or 11 years, except in Saskatchewan (14), so that at 10 years of service, teachers in Quebec are the lowest paid in Canada ($ 58,643) far behind the national average of $ 71,482.

This compensation substantially lower at 10 years of service can also be explained by the entry salary of full-time teachers. In Quebec, the starting salary in 2011-2012 was $ 40,317. It is often made ​​after a few years of substitute and part-time jobs. This is the lowest starting salary in Canada, followed by British Columbia ($ 41,963) and Ontario ($ 44,590). At the other end of the spectrum, Alberta is the most generous ($ 58,228), again.

Yes, but our teachers are they doing the same work elsewhere? Yes and no. Statistics Canada compares the time spent teaching, on one hand, and the working time at school, on the other, which includes the preparation, correction, meetings, etc.

In 2011-2012, a teacher of high school taught 612 hours per year, the equivalent of 3.4 hours per day. In comparison, it is 817 hours in New Brunswick, Alberta and 905 hours 953 hours in British Columbia.

Beach for teachers UQAM

The difference is substantial, on the order of 1.5 hours per day, but Statistics Canada warns that these are estimates. One of the reasons for this gap is the longest school year, or 36 weeks in Quebec against 37 for the Canadian average.

However, when you include all the time spent in school, in addition to teaching The Quebec teachers working time exceeds that of teachers in the other eight provinces that Statistics Canada was able to assess or 1280 hours, against an average of 1228 in Canada.

Is it not curious? Of course, comparisons are difficult to make, but is it possible that teachers in Quebec spend a significant share of their work to something other than teaching? Individual meetings with students (recovery), parent meeting, meetings, supervision, extracurricular activities, etc. Or is it because the labor-management dynamic has led to a more detailed breakdown of the work of teachers elsewhere?

In its recent deals, the government asked teachers to spend time school attendance to 35 hours , against 32 hours now. Unions counter that it is not relevant for timing the time at school, the additional work is done at home (correction, preparation, etc.).

Laziness

In addition, the unions complain meetings completely unnecessary training imposed on them and sub-productive monitoring requirements (in the schoolyard, corridors, etc.). "Why not hire supervisors paid less than teachers?" Said Martin Lauzon, vice president labor relations of the Autonomous Federation of Teachers (AWF).

In short, the negotiations will be tough, if we includes requests concerning the composition of classes, wage freezes and retirement postponed to 62 years.

Unfortunately, Quebec teachers can not hope to reach the often larger salaries of their colleagues from several provinces. Quebec has a lower economic growth for years, and employees of the state will continue to pay the price in the future, inevitably.

Marcel Tessier teacher with the beliefs of a real teacher, not just for the salary