Detroit Public School employees to see a wage bonus

[PCN]

Teachers do not want a bonus, they want DPS to sit down and negotiate a contract.

[Wesley Mouch]

Teachers do not want a bonus, they want DPS to sit down and negotiate a contract.

They don't have to cash the check.

So its not money then -- so it must be power.

Sorry the Union has little power right now. That'll change in the future. Right now, get to work, educate some kids, impress everyone that DPS can do a good job. Soon enough, the money will be better and you can go back to pillaging the public pockets. But right now is the time for cleaning up messes.

[DetroitTeacher]

I'm a little upset that you think it's the TEACHERS that are pillaging pockets. We don't have access to ANY funds, directly. WE didn't misspend millions.

I go to work every day to educate kids. If I wasn't in it for the right reasons, I could be making a LOT more elsewhere. I could teach at a university, could do research, or one of many other careers. I chose to teach. Those of us that are left were selected by our principals because we do a great job, we have excellent attendance and our evaluations met or exceeded standards. I was recently honored to be invited [[and attended) to the Teacher's Breakfast for going above and beyond my job and my teaching duties. I didn't work summer school but yet, I was "working" all summer in the building to get things ready for the kids [[nope, wasn't paid and neither was anyone else who was there with me). See, it's not all about money with us. THAT is the public's perception of teachers, not the reality.

They don't have to cash the check.

So its not money then -- so it must be power.

Sorry the Union has little power right now. That'll change in the future. Right now, get to work, educate some kids, impress everyone that DPS can do a good job. Soon enough, the money will be better and you can go back to pillaging the public pockets. But right now is the time for cleaning up messes.