The\nWinslow School District paraprofessionals (Teacher\nAssistants, Non-Instructional Assistants, Bus Aides, and Before and After\nSchool Program Attendants) <\/em>work for a contractor named ESS Support\nServices. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The contractor pays the\nTAs and other support staff low wages and provides no benefits. ESS also keeps 26% of the money the school\ndistrict pays for each contracted support staff member.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before\n2010, Winslow TAs and other paraprofessionals were direct Winslow School\nDistrict employees. When we worked\ndirectly for the district, we had better wages, benefits, and pensions. The school district contracted us out to save\nmoney, and our wages and benefits were immediately slashed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n *Teacher Assistant (TA) annual mean wages are $29,180 nationally, $29,150 in New Jersey, and $27,630 in Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington. Winslow TAs are paid far below these levels. Source: US Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n We\ncare about our students, but we need living wages and benefits just like the\nrest of the Winslow School District employees. \nESS claims that they need more funding in their contract with Winslow School\nDistrict in order to provide better wages and benefits to the TAs and other\nparaprofessionals. Winslow School\nDistrict is financially healthy \u2013 it can afford to provide wages for its TAs\nand other paraprofessionals that don\u2019t keep us in poverty. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Please join us in asking the Winslow School District to provide more funding in the ESS paraprofessional contract for better wages and benefits!<\/strong> Email Winslow Superintendent H. Major Poteat (poteathe@winslow-schools.com) and Winslow Board of Education President Cheryl Pitts (Pittsch@winslow-schools.com) to tell them that you support fair wages for the paraprofessionals. Better staff treatment creates a better education environment for our community\u2019s children. <\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" SUPPORT WINSLOW SCHOOL DISTRICT PARAPROFESSIONALS The Winslow School District paraprofessionals (Teacher Assistants, Non-Instructional Assistants, Bus Aides, and Before and After School Program Attendants) work for a contractor named ESS Support […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-updates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":230,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90\/revisions\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/locals.ueunion.org\/119\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}COMPARISON<\/strong> <\/td> Winslow School District Employees<\/strong> <\/td> Winslow ESS Contracted School District Employees<\/strong> <\/td><\/tr> Health Insurance <\/td> Employer-paid, comprehensive <\/td> Completely employee paid, very little coverage <\/td><\/tr> Pay <\/td> Clerical Assistant – $25,103-$43,766 annual <\/td> Teacher Assistant – $16,560 annual* <\/td><\/tr> Vacation <\/td> 10 paid days <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Holidays <\/td> 14 paid days <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Inclement Weather <\/td> Paid any time school is closed <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Jury Leave <\/td> Paid <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Sick Days <\/td> 10 paid days <\/td> 5 paid (Required by NJ law) <\/td><\/tr> Bereavement Leave <\/td> 5 paid days <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Personal Days <\/td> 3 paid days <\/td> Unpaid <\/td><\/tr> Retirement <\/td> Pension <\/td> Unfunded 401K <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n