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Currently, there are many instructional assistant and paraeducators, custodians and food service workers who are paid poverty level wages in the Burlington Schools.  For the last several years there has been a strong push to have the Burlington Schools join the City of Burlington and make it a policy that no employee should be paid less than a livable wage.  Last year, the Burlington School Board voted 5-7 against adopting a livable wage policy.  At that time several leaders of the School Board who voted against establishing a livable wage policy said they supported livable wages, but thought it should be dealt with in 2007 when the contracts for all of the low-paid support staff were to be negotiated. 

Important Discussion

With the campaign to establish Socio-Economic Integration in our elementary schools, the Burlington School Board has initiated a very important community-wide discussion about the impacts of poverty on students and basic principles of social equity.  Yet at this same time, they continue to pay many of its own staff poverty wages. 

The Time for Livable Wages is Now

Please join us in telling the School Board the time for livable wage jobs is now.  It is time to make it a priority that every Burlington School support staff worker receives livable wages starting this Fall.