LREA pickets in advance of negotiations

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Members of the Little Rock Education Association picketed outside of the Little Rock School District Administration building Thursday evening, hoping present a united front in advance of salary negotiations.

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KerrBare - 4/27/2012 5:00 PM

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The average teacher makes about 40-45 thousand dollars per year or I should say 9 months at the very most, while the rest of us make less than $30,000.00 per year in Arkansas. The teachers said that they would not show up next year if they don't get a raise, hold them to it and give the job to someone who really wants to work. There are a lot of people who would be thankful to have a job who are unemployed.

KerrBare - 4/27/2012 4:38 PM

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I think that when our school children start getting better test scores, and using proper grammer, then the school teachers will have earned a raise. When a teacher said: "I am a english teacher", instead of saying: "I am an English teacher", she is just one example of why she may need a better education herself. You have to be smarter than a child to teach them. Parents, homeschool your babies!

wpsark - 4/27/2012 11:03 AM

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Fire their entitled-minded arses...They are replacable. God forbid you don't get a raise every 9 mo's...wtf?????

scoutmom - 4/27/2012 9:38 AM

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Ok, I have always supported teachers. I know they have a nerve racking job putting up with kids all day. But, I have to express my thoughts to the teachers in PCSSD and LRSD. Stop being a bunch of cry babies and teach! My spouse and I are both state employees. We work 40+ hours a week each, you are in the class room from maybe 7:45am to 3pm? We work year round, you only work 9 months a year. Yes, you do take work home with you, so do we, our offices are that short handed. We have not received a cost of living raise in 3 years now! You have. Now my spouse is working a 2nd job just to keep food on the table and a roof over our heads. So, next time you are out on the picket lines whining about you want ANOTHER raise, just remember, all the other state employees wish we had had the ones you have recieved in the last 3 years! By the way, we have several friends and family that are teachers. Have a great summer off...I've got to go back to clipping coupons and trying to stretch our paychecks on my day off today.

jim40401 - 4/27/2012 8:25 AM

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Get in line with the rest of society, No raise for 3 years. There was a day and time for the unions, but they are out living their usefullness. What happened to negotiating your own terms? Why do you need someone to do it for you? You don't like what they offer go somewhere else.

chughes - 4/27/2012 8:23 AM

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ARE YOU SERIOUS!!! THESE TEACHERS WORK HARD AND PAY TAXES! HOW THE HECK CAN YOU BE A MOOCHER OF TAXPAYERS MONEY WHEN YOU PAY TAXES! GO LREA!!!!!! WE LOVE YOU!

jcarpe - 4/26/2012 10:53 PM

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Another union that needs to go away.Moochers of taxpayer money.

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