Day of protest AKA illegal strike is not going to endear the general public to their plight.
There are many ways to look at this but it boils down to a high degree of ENTITLEMENT........
Wage freezes are commonplace in our current fiscal environment. Especially if you work directly for the public and there is a HUGE hole in the provincial budget.
The hidden or point that is never fully unveiled is the banking of sick days. It works out over a full career to many days or thousands of dollars. This whole concept is almost non existent. Most workplaces have gotten rid of this perk.
The teachers feel this extension of their holidays or an added bonus upon early retirement. This perk has gone the way of the dodo bird or like a topic in class HISTORY.
This is a lucrative bonus but not in a cash strapped economy (MATH).
Sick days are for when you are sick. We are talking maybe 20 days a year. Not bad for Sept to June. 9-10 months if you incorporate or factor in March break, Christmas and PA days and stat holidays. Over 2 sick days a month.
Teachers deal with kids and a higher level of germs but no more than a clerk at the Mall that deals with the general public. Or nurses and I don't think they can bank sick time or lost that benefit years ago.
Don't forget if a person was to take advantage of this 2 days a month that is the added cost of supply teachers and disruption in continuity of course content delivery.
Sorry but a sad fact of life ALL and every expense has to be examined to define and refine waste or inequitable treatment. (Social studies).
To disrupt the daily stressed routine of working parents is not a good move. It is NOT about democratic right it is ALL about money or an attempt to trim or take back a sense of entitlement.