I was a hold out on closing the public schools until Glenn Beck turned me on to this little gem a month or so back. "We are one" teacher's toolkit.
Teachers Toolkit (pdf)
It includes this handy little "student pledge form".
AS A STUDENT who believes in acting collectively and who supports workers’ right to bargain for good jobs and a better life, I am interested in doing one or more of the following (please check all that apply):
I want to connect with the union movement on my campus or in my community.
I want to help organize a teach-in like today’s for others on my campus or on a different campus.
I want to support workers’ organizing and collective bargaining struggles on my campus and in my community.
I want to learn about the AFL-CIO’s Organizing Institute programs. Please e-mail me information.
I would like to become a member of Working America, the community and student affiliate of the AFL-CIO. (www.workingamerica.org)
I would like to talk to someone about becoming an organizer for Working America.Un-frickking-believable.
Thanks for that link...
This was just two fiscal quarters in Massachusetts, stimulus money going to pay for teacher’s unions healthcare:
FY 2010 Q2
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH Health Insurance premiums for district employees $1,184,601
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH School employees health insurance payments (Apr-Jun) $382,238
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH GROUP 4th quarter FY09 health insurance premiums $265,251
FY2010 Q3
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH School employees health insurance payments (Apr-Jun) $382,238
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH Health Insurance premiums for district employees $1,184,601
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH GROUP FY10 health insurance premiums $183,765
MINUTEMAN NASHOBA HEALTH GROUP 4th quarter FY09 health insurance premiums $26,5251
MINUTEMAN-NASHOBA HEALTH GROUP Health Insurance Trust $241,820
MINUTEMAN/NASHOBA HEALTH Emp por health insurance premiums for school employees $18,8029