Posted on 01/01/2024 3:29:21 PM PST by chickenlips
Despite months of feverish recruiting and manipulation of its numbers, United Teachers of Dade (UTD) came up short in its attempt to bring its membership up to the threshold necessary to avoid a recertification election required under terms of a new law passed by Florida’s legislature this past summer.
On Dec. 19, UTD President Karla Hernandez-Mats confirmed the union hadn’t been able to persuade 60 percent of the 30,000 teachers it officially represents to become dues-paying members.
A few days earlier, she claimed the union had increased its numbers to just more than 58 percent, including 800 new members. What she didn’t explain was that the union had to kick out all the substitute teachers from the bargaining district in order to increase their membership percentage, and still fell short.
Hernandez-Mats declined to disclose the final tally.
The 60 percent requirement was imposed under Senate Bill 256, the most aggressive state labor reform bill since Wisconsin’s Act 10 under then-Gov. Scott Walker. SB 256 also prohibits public agencies like school districts from deducting dues directly from employees’ paychecks on behalf of the union representing their bargaining unit.
Critics say the legislation was simply a way to silence unions, but advocates insist that if a union hasn’t won the loyalty of at least 60 percent of those it purports to speak for, allowing its members to weigh in on its usefulness isn’t an unreasonable demand.
The Freedom Foundation worked closely with the Florida legislature to enact the new law, and soon after, a group of Miami teachers approached the organization for help in establishing an independent, apolitical, local-only alternative that keeps their dues in their district.
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Trump lacks discernment.
You praise some for good behavior. get rid of bad behavior.
Your statement reveals that you think the ONLY SOLUTION is to focus on the bad behavior.
You need higher ground to see what is going on.
You do BOTH to achieve your goal. Doing one does not eliminate the other.
Look at the heart of the man, look at the forest. Not the trees/shiny things.
Trump is very good at what he does. But not every swing is a hit.
ROFL!!!
He doesn't have the guts to do it.
You hear that, Donald?
You don't have the guts to abolish the Department of Education!
Prove me wrong. I dare you!
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Trump guts or not is irrelevant, it takes legislation to do that!
He would have to get support from Congress to abolish it. Even though its well deserved it isn’t going to happen.
It’s actually not the big player people that think it is. The real action and where the effect can be greatest is at the county and state boards. Organize to take over the county boards like the left has done and you render much of the federal effect moot. Also work with the state legislatures to get more taxpayer control of the state education system. Also important, work to decertify the state teacher’s union!
Focusing on the federal side just has you burn up energy and time on something that is almost impossible to affect!
Dept. of Ed is the head of the beast. We need to destroy it.
As for local issues ... note that I opined upthread that government employee unions (to definitely include teacher unions) need to be abolished.
If you spend your time on that you’ll never fix the problem!
You will never get the votes in Congress for it. The “Society of Perpetually Anxious Mothers” will storm Congressional critter offices panicking them into keeping it. Destroy the “problem” roots at the state & county level”.
Thank you for expressing your opinion.
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