I’m thrilled to see the push for better working conditions spreading through the workforce, be we NEED to apply this to teachers, too. I am paid an abysmal salary despite the fact that I am expected to work 60 hour weeks and have a masters degree. I have no break (my classroom is always open to students, so my lunch and prep are spent eating and doing lesson prep while helping at least one of my kids), and I am scrutinized by literally the entire community no matter what I do. I have to teach over 120 students a day. This would be hard enough on its own, but I also have my multilingual and disabled students to support with little aid from the school. I have to be a therapist for my kids who have nowhere else to go. I need to be a parent. I provide food, hygiene products, and school supplies out of pocket to my students who are too poor or neglected to get it themselves. The worst part? Teachers have unions, but our unions have absolutely no power.