[Mobile Vulgus]

People that work for the government (including teachers) should never be allowed to unionize.

[DigitalVideoDude]

It takes a village.

[TornadoAlley3]

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/2007/10/13/2007-10-13_teachers_union_president_comes_out_publi-3.html

[darkangel82]

Ugggh, Hillary on steroids.

[raynearhood]

Read the rest at Publius' Forum...

Don't need to....disgusted by the teaser.

[xDGx]

Good grief, put a warning on this thread for ONE UGLY HAG "President RANDI WEINGARTEN is president of the United Federation of Teachers, the nation's largest union local representing 201,486 men and women. She is also a vice-president of the American Federation of Teachers and of the New York City Central Labor Council (AFL-CIO) and heads the city’s Municipal Labor Committee (MLC), an umbrella organization for 100-plus city unions. From 1986 to 1998 Weingarten served as counsel to UFT President Sandra Feldman, taking a lead role in contract negotiations and enforcement and in lawsuits in which the union fought for adequate school funding and building conditions. A teacher of history at Clara Barton HS in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, from 1991 to 1997, Weingarten helped her students win several state and national awards debating constitutional issues. Elected as the union’s assistant secretary in 1995 and treasurer two years later, she assumed the UFT presidency in 1998 after Feldman became president of the AFT. She was elected to her first full term the following year and re-elected three times since. Under Weingarten’s leadership, salaries of UFT-represented public school employees have increased by 43 percent. Weingarten and the UFT have fought to make sure teachers are treated with respect and dignity, have a voice in the education of their students and are given the resources they need to succeed in the classroom. Weingarten has promoted the professional growth of teachers and other educators through more than 350 school-based UFT Teacher Center sites. Weingarten sees her role as an advocate for students as well as for union members. Her passion as leader of America’s largest union local is to make every school a place where parents want to send their children and educators want to work. The UFT, under Weingarten, has expanded its outreach to parents and students. Each year the union awards more than $1 million in scholarships to needy high school seniors, and Dial-A-Teacher, its after-school homework help program helps tens of thousands of students and their parents each year. The union has worked tirelessly with parents and community allies to make sure schools are safe and adequately funded. After a 13-year battle, during which Weingarten was arrested for leading a protest in Albany, the state’s highest court ordered the state to expand aid to New York City’s public schools. In January 2007, Gov. Spitzer proposed, and the Legislature approved, education finance and accountability reforms that are slated to boost statewide school funding by $7 billion a year, including $5.4 billion for New York City. Among them is a requirement, championed by the UFT, to significantly reduce class sizes in all grades. Weingarten has led UFT members into areas of reform rarely embraced by more traditional teacher unions. Eager to return the charter school movement to its original purpose of enabling educators to create schools based on classroom-tested best practices, she spearheaded the opening of two union-operated public charter schools in East Brooklyn, N.Y., and has partnered with Green Dot schools to start another in the South Bronx. As MLC chair since 1998, Weingarten coordinates labor negotiations and bargains benefits on behalf of the unions’ 365,000 members. Weingarten holds degrees from Cornell University and the Cardozo School of Law. She worked as a lawyer for the Wall Street firm of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan from 1983 to 1986. She is an active member of the Democratic National Committee and numerous professional, civic and philanthropic organizations. Born in 1957, Weingarten is a resident of Manhattan. " That is one NASTY cow.

[FFranco]

People that work for the government (including teachers) should never be allowed to unionize.

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No One should be allowed to unionize. Unions should be Outlawed in America. They destroy our ability to compete.

[buccaneer81]

An example of how truly fugly women try to get back at society by destroying all that is normal.

They should simply blame their parents and go into therapy. Every shrink has boat payments.

[rottndog]

They do SO WELL educating our children, that of course they should be given even more responsibilities over our children.

/sarc

[lowbridge]

bump

[kcvl]

On October 11, 2007, Weingarten publicly announced she was a lesbian. Weingarten introduced Liz Margolies, 54, a psychotherapist and health care activist, as her partner during the presentation of the Empire State Pride Agenda’s 2007 Community Service Award by Christine Quinn. Liz Margolies has a 15-year-old son in the New York City public school system.

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A friend of Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton, Weingarten has been named as a possible candidate to succeed Edward McElroy as the president of the American Federation of Teachers.

A former practicing attorney and teacher, Weingarten has tackled numerous gay rights issues while leading the UFT, including the establishment of domestic-partner benefits for municipal workers and adding anti-discrimination language to the teachers’ contracts.

[Bernard Marx]

People that work for the government (including teachers) should never be allowed to unionize.

What a refreshing idea! In fact that was the way things were in America until the 1960s when the liberal do-gooders prevailed. In those days a person didn't become a teacher, a cop or a fireman unless they were dedicated to the profession and were willing to make a financial sacrifice to enter public service. In those days the words "public service" really meant something.

[DemonDeac]

““Imagine schools that are open all day and offer after-school and evening recreational activities, child care and preschool, tutoring and homework assistance,” the speech reads. “Schools that include dental, medical and counseling clinics.””

I think we shouldn’t expect schools to be all things to all people. They should be focused on education. We don’t need them to provide every other service from preschool to a full service carwash.

[nina0113]

What a Great Idea! This woman is a true visionary!

We should make sure they have good living conditions, too, so the school should be attached to an apartment complex.

To make sure they eat nutritious food without transfats, we’ll serve it up in the dining hall.

We should probably make sure they don’t reproduce, too, since they can’t even take care of themselves. Depo-Provera would be simplest, but suppose the records got misfiled, and we didn’t know when it ran out? Maybe straight-up sterilization is the answer.

To pay for it all, the residents can do chores for outside companies.

What should we call this great program?

Special
Living
Arrangements for
Very
Extraordinary
Residential
Youth.

[Tahoe3002]

People who work for the government should be restricted, like enlistments in the military. Careerism in government service is little more that “employment welfare”.

Yes, I have several years experience working with US civil service persons. AND I DO NOT RESPECT them as employees.