Plymouth-Canton Teachers Face 2 More Years Without Raises

Union president Bob Williams said the contract is "concessionary" and said members "are not happy."

Posted Wed, Mar 23, 2016 at 11:10 pm ET

Plymouth-Canton Education Association members and teachers won’t get raises under a two-year contract ratified this week by a majority of members.

“It’s another two years without a raise,” union president Bob Williams told The Observer. “I am so afraid this is divisive.”

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The contract was ratified in two votes in 60 percent to 40 percent split. Most of the opposition came from longtime members of the PCEA.

Williams called the pact “a concessionary contract” and said members of the union “are not happy.”

One concession cuts in half, from $100 to $50, the amount teachers get each year to buy supplies for their clasrooms.

However, interim Superintendent Monica Merritt said the contract is a step “in the right direction.”

“Would we want to do more?” she said. “Absolutely.”

» Read more about the contract on hometownlife.com.

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