Comments on: The Lessons Of 55-25 [Restored] http://www.edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: wordman202 http://www.edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25/comment-page-1#comment-65437 wordman202 Mon, 31 Mar 2008 13:19:18 +0000 http://edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25#comment-65437 Now that we finally have that 25/55 thing worked out, how about striving for parity with other civil servants to reach top pay in, let's say, five years as opposed to twenty-two with a master's degree plus thirty? Even better, twenty or twenty five years of service and eligible for benefits upon retirement? Settling for anything less than parity with other civil servants is admitting that we are not as vital or as essential as they are. Now that we finally have that 25/55 thing worked out, how about striving for parity with other civil servants to reach top pay in, let’s say, five years as opposed to twenty-two with a master’s degree plus thirty? Even better, twenty or twenty five years of service and eligible for benefits upon retirement? Settling for anything less than parity with other civil servants is admitting that we are not as vital or as essential as they are.

]]> By: Democrats for Education Reform http://www.edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25/comment-page-1#comment-65337 Democrats for Education Reform Mon, 03 Mar 2008 14:45:22 +0000 http://edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25#comment-65337 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] Casey writes on EdWize about the lessons that can be learned from the United Federation of Teachers' decades long [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> [...] Casey writes on EdWize about the lessons that can be learned from the United Federation of Teachers' decades long [...]

]]> By: karenbeth http://www.edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25/comment-page-1#comment-65336 karenbeth Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:54:11 +0000 http://edwize.org/the-lessons-of-55-25#comment-65336 A truly major achievement by the UFT. Our union has set the example for other unions to follow. Thank you Ms. Weingarten! A truly major achievement by the UFT. Our union has set the example for other unions to follow.
Thank you Ms. Weingarten!

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