tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post3068086729696722814..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: To Which Organizations Did NEA Give *Your* Money?Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-14515852232300705882010-02-09T20:30:04.801-08:002010-02-09T20:30:04.801-08:00Always a pleasure, MikeAT.
And, Darren and I ag...Always a pleasure, MikeAT. <br /><br />And, Darren and I agreed in a post a couple days ago.<br /><br />Is this that change the candidates were talking about in 2008?mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-58563990457799880902010-02-09T18:07:31.434-08:002010-02-09T18:07:31.434-08:00" mazenko said...
Uhm, yeah. No defense for ..." mazenko said...<br /><br />Uhm, yeah. No defense for this. Collective bargaining? Yes. Lobbying on education legislation? Yes. Hip Hop Caucus? No, I don't think so.<br />….But, all the other malarky can go. And I still won't pay for the NEA president to make $400,000/yr."<br /><br />Mazenko, this is promising…you're agreeing with me! You must have had some O2 shipped to you in CO. :<)MikeATnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-55719363037914351182010-02-09T16:03:36.530-08:002010-02-09T16:03:36.530-08:00Just one more reason why I don't belong to my ...Just one more reason why I don't belong to my local teachers' association. I teach in a union security state, but neither NEA nor its state affiliate receives a dime<br />of my money.EdEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-16432296047580376132010-02-09T09:39:12.820-08:002010-02-09T09:39:12.820-08:00The working conditions, pay, and benefits is what ...The working conditions, pay, and benefits is what I meant by "lobbying on education related issues."<br /><br />If the state wants to start linking my pay to the results of what I consider to be a flawed standardized state testing model, or if they want to cut state funding to such a level that my class sizes go to fifty, sixty, or a hundred students, or if they want to extend the school year with no increase in compensation, then I want a union up at the capitol arguing for teachers.<br /><br />But, all the other malarky can go. And I still won't pay for the NEA president to make $400,000/yr.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-13091836551206487302010-02-09T06:31:05.197-08:002010-02-09T06:31:05.197-08:00I don't even want them lobbying on education i...I don't even want them lobbying on education issues. If they're entitled to my money by law--and they are, here in California--then they should be looking out for *me*. They should only be working to ensure my pay, benefits, and working conditions are appropriate.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-7805502463915611802010-02-09T05:01:09.783-08:002010-02-09T05:01:09.783-08:00Uhm, yeah. No defense for this. Collective barga...Uhm, yeah. No defense for this. Collective bargaining? Yes. Lobbying on education legislation? Yes. Hip Hop Caucus? No, I don't think so.mmazenkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06602797515366983639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-21487665226642962582010-02-09T03:28:40.765-08:002010-02-09T03:28:40.765-08:00And this is news because?
The union movement'...And this is news because?<br /><br />The union movement's always had a distinctly leftward slant to it. Unions fulfill one of the needs of the left by dividing the electorate and providing a rationale for the expansion of government power; the union gets what it wants and politicians, particularly left wing politicians, get what they want.<br /><br />It's interesting to see the long-term results of such arrangements, particularly in the K-12 system. <br /><br />A not uncommon complaint is that teachers don't get the respect they were once accorded. A perfectly predictable public response to unions promoting the more mercenary aspects of the teaching profession but dazzling short-term gains trump less obvious long-term losses.<br /><br />Something similar occurred in the automobile market when foreign marques started making real inroads into the American market. Appeals to patriotism largely fell on deaf ears because of the years of abusive price-increases by American car companies that were necessitated by fat union contracts.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.com