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Originally Posted by Mark B
Why are members of the NJEA so special that they deserve to be unaffected by the downturn in the economy?
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We're not, but - we have a contract, a legal, binding document, that says they have to pay us. My district negotiated this contract 2 years ago, and we have 2 years left on it. There are plenty of public employees in the same situation. The PBA and FOP would go nuts if the governor asked them to take a wage freeze. And, I'm sure the governor isn't taking a pay freeze, or any of the people in his office. Also, the state employees that opened their contracts to take furlough days (days without pay) did so with the agreement that they would receive an 11% increase in salary next year. That's a helluva lot bigger increase than I'll ever see as a teacher.