> Ridgewood Teachers : “They’re just asking for their fair share.”
That is a platitude. You must say specifically what it is you think is unfair and then maybe a real discussion can start.
Educated, professional people with good salaries under the protection of a union, guaranteed job security, nearly incomparable benefit plans and more time off than any of us sounds like the unfair part to all the other people…
The union must appreciate that sentiment among the tax base when the word “fair” is being thrown around – especially in this economy. Without any acknowledgment it can’t be a real negotiation. It doesn’t help the teachers’ argument and drives away the centrists and those genuinely do want what’s best for them, i.e. a fair resolution to this dispute. However, “the best” this year can’t possibly be compared with “the best” of better economic times
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