I don't understand people sometimes. Especially "educators", who supposedly, by title, should be some what intellectual.
It turns out, that many are not.
In my local school district, many teachers have been pink slipped. However, other districts with LESS money in their reserves than this school district, have overturned their pink slip decisions. Next week there will be a very peaceful demonstration in front of a board members home. This person can vote against pink slipping. Its actually, as I have heard from members of the community, a candle light vigil that I plan on attending.
Its amazing to read some responses to this, from teachers, on various blogs such as face book, that are in such opposition to this type of demonstration. Even some pink slipped teachers call this action to be "too radical", and "shameful", and tarnishing an already "disliked" labor union.
It just strikes me as amazing to see so many supposedly educated people "poo poo" a labor union's leadership that is actually doing its job. I guess all these people forget that our 8 hour work day, sick leave, workers comp, stress leave, vacation pay, LUNCH BREAK, age requirements for working, and so on and so forth.....all came from the fight that labor unions won.
As if "the man" just gave us these things because he was nice. As if workers rights grow from trees?
It turns out, that many are not.
In my local school district, many teachers have been pink slipped. However, other districts with LESS money in their reserves than this school district, have overturned their pink slip decisions. Next week there will be a very peaceful demonstration in front of a board members home. This person can vote against pink slipping. Its actually, as I have heard from members of the community, a candle light vigil that I plan on attending.
Its amazing to read some responses to this, from teachers, on various blogs such as face book, that are in such opposition to this type of demonstration. Even some pink slipped teachers call this action to be "too radical", and "shameful", and tarnishing an already "disliked" labor union.
It just strikes me as amazing to see so many supposedly educated people "poo poo" a labor union's leadership that is actually doing its job. I guess all these people forget that our 8 hour work day, sick leave, workers comp, stress leave, vacation pay, LUNCH BREAK, age requirements for working, and so on and so forth.....all came from the fight that labor unions won.
As if "the man" just gave us these things because he was nice. As if workers rights grow from trees?
And since when is a candlelight vigil so "radical"? Dr. Martin Luther King must have been an anarchist then? All that peaceful marching....darn hoodlums got nothing useful done for America.
This labor union stigma is nauseating to me; a type of underlying brainwash that perhaps charter schools would like to perpetuate.
Get a clue people.
If your not Donald Trump, or some CEO Fat Cow on wall street....your ass needs to support your union. Enjoy your lunch.
;-D
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