> Hey DB,

> I respectfully but strongly disagree with your contention.

> I work in exchange for an agreed salary level. If I've done my time
> as agreed, then I have earned my salary and no school of any
> description has any justification for withholding it from me. My
> suitability for long-term employment has no bearing upon the salary I
> have already earned.

> If the school doesn't like me, they can fire me and replace me. Pay
> me for the hours I worked and then show me the door...I lose my
> contract completion bonus and other incentives.

> But I see salary in a different category. Again, when I've put in the
> time, I've earned it and it should then be mine free and clear. There
> is absolutely no viable excuse for keeping it from me.

> School owners play these little games to help keep their staff docile
> and helpless...and to increase their chances of getting our labor on
> the cheap. These practices are an invitation to abuse, and should be
> shunned at any institution of ny kind.

> Regards,
> Raoul

Right on!

I totally agree with this. Excellent post!