I just don't get it, Arthur. These college educated people put up with the king's antics with no complaints and with total fealty? What do they get out of this? Do they realize the negative impact they are having on negotiations, as well as any progress relative to working conditions or anything else? I just find it amaxing that he has hodwinked so many of these people and they gt nothing out of it. It's shameful.
I think there's a strong temptation for people to move up and improve working conditions. Schools are decrepit and falling apart. Teaching is one of the toughest jobs there is. Lots of us would be tempted to work in a clean office and talk to people on the phone. A big issue is that teachers who want to "get out of the classroom" not only make terrible administrators, but also terrible union reps. That's neither here nor there for Unity, which values only loyalty. We all pay for this.
700 members “active” on any “contract negotiation” seems like a “tower of babbel” revival, where there is likely to be 700 variations on a similar opinion.
And we all know the axiom about the anatomical anus and the personal opinion—and what these have in common.
And the alternative possibility of $400 /hr spent on outsourced legal counsel with said contract matters/isues makes the “team” (sarcasm noted) of 700 members almost seem viable.
I wouldn't discount it completely. Sometimes working conditions are improved in these negotiations, though I'm not sure that wouldn't happen without this big show. But to build them up as crucial when so much is out of their control is to mislead us--a key and constant goal of the Unity Caucus.
Best quote “We are sorely needing representation in today’s Unions”
I can't speak for all unions, only UFT. There are certainly better ones out there.
I just don't get it, Arthur. These college educated people put up with the king's antics with no complaints and with total fealty? What do they get out of this? Do they realize the negative impact they are having on negotiations, as well as any progress relative to working conditions or anything else? I just find it amaxing that he has hodwinked so many of these people and they gt nothing out of it. It's shameful.
I think there's a strong temptation for people to move up and improve working conditions. Schools are decrepit and falling apart. Teaching is one of the toughest jobs there is. Lots of us would be tempted to work in a clean office and talk to people on the phone. A big issue is that teachers who want to "get out of the classroom" not only make terrible administrators, but also terrible union reps. That's neither here nor there for Unity, which values only loyalty. We all pay for this.
700 members “active” on any “contract negotiation” seems like a “tower of babbel” revival, where there is likely to be 700 variations on a similar opinion.
And we all know the axiom about the anatomical anus and the personal opinion—and what these have in common.
And the alternative possibility of $400 /hr spent on outsourced legal counsel with said contract matters/isues makes the “team” (sarcasm noted) of 700 members almost seem viable.
PJG Sr.
I wouldn't discount it completely. Sometimes working conditions are improved in these negotiations, though I'm not sure that wouldn't happen without this big show. But to build them up as crucial when so much is out of their control is to mislead us--a key and constant goal of the Unity Caucus.