Comment 81006

By Borrelli (registered) | Posted September 19, 2012 at 09:25:43

My profession requires a significant amount of unpaid volunteerism and continuing education, but I don't use it as an excuse to do less than what the job requires. I know very few people who work less than a consistent 50h / week.

Jeeeeeez Arlen, suck it up. So you foolishly work for free--big deal--and somehow that's a problem for teachers? I am constantly blown away by this race-to-the-bottom attitude. Just because your profession "requires" unpaid work (it's not volunteer work if it's compelled) doesn't mean it's right to not pay people for their labour, and doesn't mean everyone else wants those working conditions extended on to them.

Obviously you feel remunerated well enough to continue to put in your 50hrs a week, but you still sound aggrieved. If so, please take it up with your employer, not other workers. A lot of people, not just teachers, just want to be treated fairly in the workplace, and number one is being paid for work.

In the case that workers really love their jobs (as most teachers do) and want to add value through volunteer activities, that's just a benefit of treating people well. Since the gov't chose to legislate, not negotiate, teachers have no other options available to them except doing their paid work and withholding their volunteer labour.

James, if you're going to spout on about unwritten social contracts, then you should be prepared to discover that there's no such thing as a free lunch.

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