It's been a stereotype for at least the last 50 years. Why has this never changed? Why has organized labor not had a substantial effect for such an essential part of the workforce?

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[–] 3 points 8 months ago (2 children)

are they not underpaid everywhere else too? I don't think this is a USA only issue, all public teachers where I live with the exception of teachers for universities complain about low salary

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago*

    No, in many Euro countires it's a good-paying middle-class job with reasonable hours. in rich places in the USA, it's also a good paying job, but the vast majority of the USA isn't wealthy, it's poor.

    The underpaid people at uni are all the non-tenture track faculty. tenure track faculty are paid well, usually more than double non-tenure faculty.

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  • [–] 2 points 8 months ago

    In Germany it's just primary school teachers. For secondary school teachers, I think the wages are solid. The working conditions are still absolutely shit which is why I turned away from the profession (at least for now). But the wages are not the problem there.

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