We wouldn’t have seen this if it hadn’t been retweeted by American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who apparently has no clue how horrible a person she comes across as on Twitter. Weingarten, who claims her union has tried to reopen schools for in-person learning since April 2020, is cheering on an agreement between Detroit Public Schools and the teachers union there, which has won an agreement of up to $2,000 in hazard pay for in-person and blended classroom teachers.
✅Hazard pay for in-person & blended classroom teachers
✅Quarantine protocols in place in case of exposure & illness
Smaller class sizes
✅Masks, distancing, testing & PPE
Glad to see @DFT231 reach an agreement with Detroit Public Schools! #Back2Schoolhttps://t.co/bB5VMvumV9— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) July 26, 2021
Detroit Public Schools Community District reached an agreement with its teachers union for reopening schools that includes smaller class sizes, a separate district-operated virtual school and up to $2,000 in staff hazard pay and another $2,000 if teachers work in a blended learning environment.
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After experiencing a 2,700-student drop in enrollment during the pandemic, the district’s other roughly 38,000 students were in a virtual learning program that kept them at home.
In April, [Superintendent Nikolai] Vitti offered $500 and two sick days to teachers and many other employees who prove they’ve taken a COVID-19 vaccine. Teachers working inside schools receive $750 per quarter for hazard pay during the pandemic.
The union president says he expects the majority of teachers to return to classrooms this fall.
"hazard pay"
— Corey A. DeAngelis (@DeAngelisCorey) July 27, 2021
Insufferable
— Shannon Dawson (@shannondawson23) July 27, 2021
This sounds more like a prison then a school😳
— Kelly Preseren (@KellyPreseren) July 26, 2021
What a disgrace.
— Jonathan Hanson (@JRH57702) July 27, 2021
Can you do much worse? Most aren't being taught anyway. This should be turned into a commercial for pulling kids out of public schools. Pure gold.
— Politicians Will Not Make Your Life Better (@2020Tyranny) July 27, 2021
Hazard pay to show up and work in one of the least hazardous places one could possibly work feels a bit too on-the-nose, even for teachers.
— Gina (@ginana13) July 26, 2021
We need hazard pay for the kids that have to go to your schools
— Jesus Matters. What is baked in your cake? (@usebigears) July 27, 2021
Hazard pay, oh good grief. Children are not hazardous you absolute lunatics.
— Your mom (@thsuburbanmommy) July 26, 2021
How about hazmat suits?💯🤡
— LisaMarieB (@LisaMarieB9) July 27, 2021
If teachers can shop at Walmart and travel to the beach they can show up to do their job
— sanitar dude (@opsdude99) July 26, 2021
Stop pretending you don’t know multiple states had 100% of their public schools 100% in person last year, with overall COVId stats better than states where schools were closed because of teachers’ histrionics
— NH (@TwoQuoque) July 26, 2021
Hazard pay. Lmao. Bunch of pussies. I've had to work in person during this whole pandemic. GFY.
— Pres Jim Eagle (@ThomasSzymon) July 27, 2021
Many of us haven't stopped working since this all started and didn't get hazard pay.
Go to work.
— Dr's Buried Chest High (@ProdigiousMrsB) July 27, 2021
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What a grifter you are.
— NJblondefortrump (@blondejerseygrl) July 26, 2021
Counteroffer: just do your damn jobs the way the rest of us have for the last 18 months. Quit begging for handouts like junkies on the dole
— Jack's Rhetorical Buzzsaw (@JackMartensite) July 27, 2021
Why are you pushing homeschooling so hard?
— Josh & His Warm Bowl of Soup (@BIGJoshInAZ) July 27, 2021
What could teachers do to make themselves look worse that they haven’t already done?
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