Teachers not only turn out wave after wave of anti-Conservative youth, their unions turn out a couple of hundred thousand votes, tens of thousands of volunteer campaign workers and millions of dollars of anti-Conservative TV and radio ads at election time.

At least Wynne when she hit 16% in the approval polls introduced reforms on election spending that will significantly curb the teachers and other public sector unions ability to carpet bomb the airwaves before elections with garbage ads attacking whomever the current PC leader happens to be.

I think this 4% raise plus the signing bonuses now gets teachers even at the day school level with eleven or more years experience and a few summer school qualifications to just over a hundred grand (yes, you read it right) a year plus another 35% in benefits  not to mention the best pension and vacation plans downwind of parliament hill..

And the unions get to make Wynne the old school trustee do as she is told.

A disgusting rip off!