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The corporation proudly states, “EF is the world's largest private education company [in the world.]”


It has schools all over the world and all over the U.S. including ones in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, San Diego, San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Washington, D.C.


You may wonder how it has been able to grow to such a behemoth.  One explanation is they have paid their most valuable assets (their teachers) very low wages (see previous blog entry).

Ask any student who has had a positive experience at EF and they will tell you that it was primarily due to their teachers.  Teachers spend (far more) time with the students than anyone else on staff.  Teachers’ hard work is not reflected in their salaries (not in the least).  Meanwhile the company is expanding with (huge) profits made off their teachers’ backs.

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Teachers at Career School in Chelsea Vote Decisively for Union Representation

New York, NY – September 14, 2013 – Management response to Hurricane Sandy was the galvanizing moment for many teachers at the Manhattan branch of Micropower Career Institute. Despite a fierce union busting effort by the owners of this family-run proprietary school (Sam Hiranandey, President and Lalit Chabria, Vice-President), teachers made their desire for unionization clear as a strong majority voted for union representation in an election overseen by the National Labor Relations Board.

The West 25th branch of Micropower markets ESL programs especially for students seeking visas for studying in the States, and offers Dental Assistant, Medical Assistant, and Computer Networking certificate programs. Tuition – which can run over $13,000 for some programs – isn’t cheap, but Micropower pays most of its teachers $15 to $18 per hour without any benefits, even for those who work full time (or more) hours.

The owners’ profit margin became especially galling to many teachers after Hurricane Sandy when, despite not returning student’s tuition monies for the seven days the branch was closed, Micropower management refused to pay teachers for those days when school was not in session. A letter to management signed by about a third of the faculty which read in part, “…since most of New York’s educational institutions have acknowledged the efforts of their teachers by compensating them for lost wages, we the ESL faculty, appeal to the administration to acknowledge our contributions by compensating us for lost wages during the hurricane” was ignored and shortly thereafter teachers contacted organizers at New York State United Teachers for help with starting a union drive.

Management retained the notorious anti-worker law firm of Jackson Lewis and aside from the typical barrage of letters sent to workers, management also made them sit through near daily group and one-on-one meetings, often directing teachers to leave their students with writing assignments during the two to three-hour-long meetings they were forced to attend. The Union filed close to half a dozen charges against management during the campaign for alleged violations of the National Labor Relations Act including illegal surveillance of employees, retaliation for union activity, and illegal transference of work. Despite all the pressure, workers voted 21-12 in favor of union representation. Now they will turn their focus to preparing for negotiations.

Contact:
Daniel Esakoff or Julie Berman
organize@nysutmail.org
Phone: 212-989-3470 Fax: 212-989-8154
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The Academy of Art has gobbled up numerous buildings in the city and engaged in building code violoations in the process.  It's big business, but even business has to play be the rules.


Excerpts from:

August 8, 2004


This is a for profit school only concerned about making money to further the president's real estate empire.


At AAC, they pay the teachers about $30/hr for class time but don't pay for preparation time.


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The information above provides some interesting insight.  The implication being that $30/hr is not a lot for teachers (and this message is from 10 YEARS AGO!).  I agree that it is not, espeically in light of prep time not being paid (which is illegal, btw).  However, most ESL teachers teaching at one of the MANY for-profit schools in San Francisco (and elsewhere in the country) would be THRILLED to make $30/hr.  Teachers at schools like EC, EF, Embassy, Kaplan, St. Giles and others make far less.  They make anywhere from $20 to $25/hr.  Most make closer to $20.  It's crazy.  Teachers work hard and are not properly compensated.  Meanwhile, these schools/corporations are raking in the dough.  We have to make them accountable for their bank accounts and spread the wealth among their most valuable assets.  What is a school without teachers?  It is not a school.
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Oct 26, 2012

I worked at Academy of Art University as a contractor (more than 3 years)

Pros: Great environment with wonderful teachers to work with.

Cons: Never got a raise even though I worked there for 3 years and was booked every single day of the week for all three years.

Advice to Management: Please give raises to reliable models who are on time and dedicated!

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