AT WAR WITH THE TEACHERS UNIONS: Part 1 - Are You Ready to Enlist and Fight the Great Battle?

DFU | 11-9-05 | Doug from Upland

[Alia]

Great Stuff, Doug! :) Yahoo!

[bigsigh]

public employee unions give campaign contributions directly to those politicans with whom they negotiate their contracts and who vote for the contracts. This is a direct and inherent conflict of interest. It should be prohibited.

[baystaterebel]

First step...

Crack the egg.

Start noting how many teachers are being caught in sexual relations with children. Note how well it worked against the Catholic Church. But in the case of education, you can read articles almost daily of another teacher, be male or female, being caught taking advantage of a minor.

Thats how you begin to crack that egg.

Use the truth.

[ClaireSolt]

I agree. It is a threat to democracy.

[thiscouldbemoreconfusing]

Teachers can leave the nea and join the AAE. http://aaeteachers.org/

[ModelBreaker]

These unions are clearly a subsidiary of the DemocRATic Party,

I disagree. The dems are a wholly owned subsidiary of the public employee's unions.

[doug from upland]

Yes, in future threads, we will be discussing the alternatives for those who want to opt out.

[TaMoDee]

Doug, Got your northern flank covered.

[TheLion]

"Proposition 75 was defeated yesterday in California. The teachers union spent over a hundred million dollars to defeat it.

And this money, I am sure, came right out of teachers pockets!

[doug from upland]

Evergreen Freedom Foundation is very excited about being FR's partner in this venture. There are some favorable court decisions that are on our side. Now is the time to strike because of so many angry teachers who had money stolen from them to fight a proposition with which they agreed.

[doug from upland]

Yes. The union actually went to the bank to borrow more money to fight it. What was the collateral? The paychecks of union members.

[TheLion]

Hopefully, teachers will begin to figure out where their money is going.

[knews_hound]

please, whatever you do, please dont restrict this to just CSTA members, some of us in schools, as in every area of calif govt are forced to join CSEA which spent a ton to defeat the prop as well.

the forms can be adapted for either union.

Cheers,

knews hound

http://knewshound.blogspot.com/

[Boiling point]

Honest question, I have never worked for a union company and was wondering if you Had to be a teacher to join? Do members get an opportunity to vote on union issues? If so, Why couldn't conservatives pack the membership and affect the direction of union issues?

[hosepipe]

WAR with teachers Unions.?...

Abosultely NOBODY can whine like a teacher..
They can reduce you to tears in their whinings..
They can whine your wallet right out of you're back pocket..

It an amazing sight to behold..

[doug from upland]

If succeeding threads ---- should be In succeeding threads...

[doug from upland]

Members get to vote on issues. Besides teachers, there are some employees such as aides who can join the union. I don't know why conservatives are trying to do more to affect the direction.

[abclily]

The main reason teachers join the union is for the legal insurance. Teachers fear being sued by parents. When the union rep comes to talk to the faculty at the beginning of the year, that is the main talking point. 'Our lawyers are at your disposal.' 'We will back you in court.' In some states teachers can buy their own liability insurance as a rider on their homeowners policy - for a very few dollars a year. In one state I was told by my insurance agent, "We don't sell liability insurance to our public school teachers. We have an unwritten agreement with the union."

[doug from upland]

We've spoken about this before, my friend. With angry California teachers, maybe now the time is right.