The Star's Martin Regg Cohn has an interesting article about the McGuinty Liberals and their battle with Ontario's teachers. Probably the most interesting thing in is the difference between freezing the annual pay increase for all teachers versus freezing the grid, the increases newer teachers get as they move each year towards the maximum salary. Surprisingly freezing the annual pay increase for everyone only saves $180 million per year, versus $300 million for the grid.
According to the article only half the teachers are on the grid, the rest are maxed out so the grid freeze means nothing to them and perhaps is a way to split the union. Who gets really shafted is the teacher who has only taught one year and is frozen for years two and three at the same salary.
Of course there's no shortage of people applying for teacher jobs in Ontario, so don't feel too bad for them, considering the teachers are coming off a deal that saw most of them get four straight years of 3% raises, which I'm guessing if you compared to the average Ontarian's salary increases over that same period would look pretty grand.
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