They really, really don’t like paying support staff. Minimum wage for some of the hardest work I ever did. This includes special education services.
Forced? Free market, no bitching
I think this is good, still this isn’t free market exactly - a law was just passed mandating a pay floor in an adjacent industry. It’s a regulated market, which is good because it’s lifting the floor for others as well.
This is good. After people have had enough the school will have to raise wages!
Good
Schools don’t ‘compete’ with industries. School is a service that parents and their children participate in, in order to better society. And the priority for children should always be education before entering the workforce. If more people decide to work in fast food now that they feel their value is compensated fairly, then the responsibility rests in their parents to help them make an informed decision based on their economic brackground. A fairly compensated job is NOT the problem. I feel this article is biased in its title in order to generate more rage/engagement or maybe to push a political agenda.
Edit: someone brought to my attention that I read that wrong, so I apologise. But the point still stands in that case: the title makes it seem that the fast food workers having a fair wage is the problem, when the problem is that teachers are underpaid.
They are talking about employee retention not students dropping out to work at fast food. Schools absolutely “compete” for workers just like every other industry.
I’m sorry, I read that wrong! In that case I still think the problem in this situation is NOT fast food workers being compensated fairly, but that teachers are not. The point about being a clickbaity title still stands. One could also argue if the possible shared workforce pool overlaps between those two markets, but that’s a discussion for another day
