If I had a union this unpaid mileage crap wouldn ' t have been going on , which may well be illegal as well as the volunteer activities might also be . It ' s not worth me suing over but a union would go to bat for us over it . And well , like I said to another poster I ' m going to end up costing the district a lot of money when I end up quitting soon . My girlfriend needs to look for a job as she is about to finish grad school herself . Why would I kneecap her by staying here in this crappy job when I can get a similar job with a union elsewhere ? EDIT Yes the pay cut sucked , but honestly it was not the worse thing . It ' s more the slap in the face aspect of everything . Honestly I ' m not hugely attached to money as I have no children and I ' m actually not a materialistic person . More attached to having a job that doesn ' t work me to death . EDIT 2 Also with the mileage it ' s more the principle aspect of it as well doing more work even if my work is just driving and listening to the radio rather than pittance of money I ' d get .