September 23, 2008
Wicked Local
Last week my friends at the Westborough News editorialized that our union teachers deserved thanks for devoting themselves to our students and “settling” the contract by voting approval of the last offer made to them by our school committee.
The editorial also claimed that teacher union members made a “huge concession” in their health care deal, and accepted a 1 percent raise for the past year and a 3 percent raise for each of the next two fiscal years. Unfortunately, this seriously understates the true amount of increases teachers will receive and the resulting taxpayer costs.