Teachers may bolt over pay (HI)

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By Johnny Brannon
Advertiser Education Writer

Hawai'i's 13,000 public-school teachers are seeking annual raises worth $90 million, and their union warned yesterday that many plan to leave their jobs soon unless salaries are increased substantially.

In a move meant to bolster its bargaining position, the Hawai'i State Teachers Association said a survey of its members found that half do not plan to be teaching here within five years.

Thirty-eight percent of the teachers who said they intend to take other jobs here or on the Mainland indicated that a need for higher pay was the primary reason, according to the union. <snip>

Hawai'i has long grappled with a teacher shortage, and schools superintendent Pat Hamamoto said the union's projections are being taken seriously. <snip>

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Mar/15/ln/ln11p.html

[whistle]

1. They should, but be sure that Bush won't fire them and replace

...with RW teachers

[struggle4progress]

4. Bush doesn't have the authority to fire Hawai'i's teachers. eom

[whistle]

8. No, not like Reagan had over the flight controllers, but their are...

...always terror alerts!

[stepnw1f]

2. The Revolution is Beginning

and there is nothing RWers can do.

[Cha]

3. I hope so..I've been looking for

signs!

[TheModernTerrorist]

6. if you're still looking....

you're obviously not looking hard enough ;-)

[gizmo1979]

5. Give them hell union brothers and sisters!

[Godhumor]

7. I was one of these...

I left my middle school in Hawaii after just one year working there due to the horrendous pay and raise opportunities (only district I have ever worked in where the teachers have to negotiate to move up a step on the pay scale.). Out of the 5 teachers working their first year in my school, only one returned.

Now, I am a teacher in DCPS, and it is a drastic improvement, if you can imagine that.

[Southpaw Bookworm]

9. District of Columbia Public Schools?

Shit, it must have been really bad in HI if DC is an improvement. Are they at least paying you on time these days -- a couple years ago, there were teachers who hadn't gotten paid in months because of a screw-up with the computer system.