I work as a paraprofessional in special education. My job is absolutely exhausting. I work with over 50 students with unique and varying disabilities. Last school year my pay was correct according to the contract and job title was accurate to the job I applied for. At the beginning of this school year, my pay was lowered without any notice. When I asked why, I was told it was because the classroom I worked in wasn’t considered a special education position for the paraprofessional. My union is fighting it. This month I was offered a position in a classroom that they consider special education. This same month my job title was changed from “special education assistant” to just “instructional assistant”. The job duties between the two classrooms are completely identical on paper. How can they possible think it’s legal to change my job title and pay when all my duties are the same? They even threatened to take the difference in pay from last year from my paychecks because they “paid me too much” but they won’t because they’re “nice”. I’m really worried the union will choose not to fight it. They don’t usually fight for special education issues.