In the United States, many people believe they deserve a pay raise and/or additional acknowledgment for the daily duties at their jobs. But, it is unfathomable to read about some Detroit teachers not receiving their paychecks. Read further for more details.
Detroit Teachers Upset As They Go Shortchanged And Unpaid
Detroit Federation of Teachers President Steve Conn told a news station, “We need something that will effectively, regularly pay the teachers what they’re owed. They do the work. They need the pay. They need it on-time, with bills to pay. All they get now is a runaround.”
After some of these teachers were shortchanged hundreds of dollars and others not receiving their checks at all, the president began reverberating his message throughout the media. According to news sources, this is not the first time this has occurred.
The socialist union boss blames Republican Gov. Rick Snyder, of course, because Snyder has sent in emergency financial managers to divert DPS from its crash course with total financial and academic failure, though the first EFM was sent in by former Democratic Gov. Jennifer Granholm.
“There’s been nothing but a steady degrading and dismantling of any kind of structures within the system, including just regularly and accurately paying our teachers,” Conn told a Michigan radio station. “There’s no fairness for the teachers in the DPS payroll system, and it’s continuing to drive teachers out of the district.”
Conn added that when district officials finally correct the issues, teachers are paid on debit card, which is difficult for recipients due to fees and withdrawal limits. Regina Dixon, a teacher at Coleman A. Young Elementary, told a Detroit news station, “When I went online to look at my pay stub, I saw it was short by a whole week.” She added, “I was upset because I have obligations I need to meet. So I went down there today and was told they had to put the money on a debit card, so I have to go back on Friday after 3 p.m. But it’s inconvenient to have to go back, and there may be a long line.”
Detroit Public School spokeswoman Michelle Zdrodowski told the News “a variety of technical issues arose that affected a cross-section of DPS employees” but did not elaborate on the problems.
“I don’t know the exact number affected; we’re still calculating,” Zdrodowski told CBS Detroit Tuesday. “But we’ve been, you know, working with the coalition of unions and with our employees to resolve the payroll issues as quickly as we can.”
In a press release on “more payroll foul-ups,” Conn contends that there’s a lot more pending payroll issues than the most recent one.
SOURCE: EAG
