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[Moore]

Not wishing to be overly militant-sounding, but isn�t it time the teachers in Madrid stood up for their rights?? The minimum standard hourly rate all over the world for teaching is 15 dollars / euros and hour � why not over here? Personally I insist on this rate and I get it (schools may groan and grumble a little, but it�s well within their margins and I always get it).
Many of my mates however didn�t get this as they didn�t dare insist when they started � they made all sorts of excuses such as they lacked experience, it was a small school, that was all that was on offer etc. etc. � why make excuses for schools ?!?! Later, my friends, realizing how precious their teaching slots were, asked for, and of course, got 15 euros an hour. As we all know, money here is VERY tight, and for a teacher an extra couple of euros an hour makes the difference between breaking even and being really actually poor!
Schools are nothing but offices without teachers, they need us � let�s put our collective feet down this September and INSIST ON 15 EUROS AN HOUR!!!

(Just to clarify things, I personally already get 15 euros and hour, this is not self-interest talking, just seeing good mates struggle for ages until they got smart!)



By the way, I originally posted this same thread on the highly recommended "jer�s multimadrid" messageboard, a must for Madrid workers (along with this one of course!)

[Russell Hadd]

Encourage the workforce to join the CCOO. It never did me any harm and during two disputes while I was in Spain the school had to back down.