tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post7102812933311782681..comments2024-03-13T21:26:03.011-07:00Comments on Right on the Left Coast: Views From a Conservative Teacher: Agency Fee RebateDarrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-16282882537061011122010-07-09T16:54:08.018-07:002010-07-09T16:54:08.018-07:00It's not up to the state or CTA to decide what...It's not up to the state or CTA to decide what your religious beliefs are. Additionally, it's enough that your beliefs are antithetical to the union--eg, you are pro-life.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-23576539331092758502010-07-09T13:49:50.778-07:002010-07-09T13:49:50.778-07:00How does one find a list of:
"religious bod[...How does one find a list of:<br /><br />"religious bod[ies] whose traditional tenets or teachings include objections to joining or financially supporting employee organizations"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-15931458418465496572009-12-09T11:38:59.976-08:002009-12-09T11:38:59.976-08:00I liked this post and chose to include it in this ...I liked this post and chose to include it in this week's <a href="URL%20HERE" rel="nofollow">EduCarnival</a>. If you would like to have it removed, please email me at uncomfortableadventures (at) yahoo (dot) com to let me know, and I will delete the link.<br /><br />You can submit an article to the next issue of <b>EduCarnival v2</b> by using the handy-dandy <a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/submit_7988.html" rel="nofollow">carnival submission form</a>. Past carnivals and future scheduled editions can be found on the <a href="http://blogcarnival.com/bc/cprof_7988.html" rel="nofollow">blog carnival index page</a>.<br /><br />I love getting to read posts from people I'm not familiar with, so it'd be awesome if you'd put up a quick note encouraging your readers to submit as well!Clixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460380696875928585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-69826354821713053662009-12-05T09:16:46.874-08:002009-12-05T09:16:46.874-08:00In a way, all teachers pay something to someone ju...In a way, all teachers pay something to someone just to have liability insurance. It's the biproduct of our litigious culture. On the other hand, the president's recent "jobs summit" excluded representatives of business and included organized labor leaders. This tells me that the days of living in a right to work state where unions don't provide additional cost burdens to goods and services may be over. There was a time and place for unions, but when was the last time you saw any major news outlet reveal what their lobbyists and leaders make in comparison to the rank and file?Ellen Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02845981491726296767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-28106127669792710122009-12-05T06:29:38.980-08:002009-12-05T06:29:38.980-08:00It's not a matter of what teachers think they ...It's not a matter of what teachers think they need but of what the situation is.<br /><br />Teachers may like to think of themselves as professionals but in terms of employment situation of most teachers, they're treated much more like automobile assembly line workers - interchangeable. <br /><br />Until the relatively recent advent of legislatively-drawn distinctions between special ed teachers and the rest of the profession it was not unusual to find any handy teacher plugged into any classroom in need of a teacher with zero regard to the teacher's abilities. From the point of view of the administration it was more important to have a warm body in the classroom then to make sure teaching occurred. After all, there were legal requirements that have to be met and determining whether a teacher is in the classroom is easy. Whether the teacher could teach the class, or any class, was a distinctly secondary concern.<br /><br />It's that interchangeability that's the key factor in the unionization of the profession. There are other important factors such as the school district which allows for economically organizing teachers but without the real or effective interchangeability of teachers union organization efforts would be impossible.allen (in Michigan)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-37236042595815286812009-12-04T16:26:07.389-08:002009-12-04T16:26:07.389-08:00Most teachers are sheeple and like the protection ...Most teachers are sheeple and like the protection of the herd that the union provides. And I've *long* advocated for local-only unions--for just the reasons that EdD promulgated.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-9450016672661104642009-12-04T16:21:07.644-08:002009-12-04T16:21:07.644-08:00Why do teachers think they need a union anyway? Do...Why do teachers think they need a union anyway? Doctors, lawyers and other educated professionals don't<br />belong to unions. (Don't tell me about the AMA or the state bar; those are regulated monopolies, entirely different entities). If<br />teachers ditched their state NEA affiliates and the NEA itself, and<br />formed local only associations, they would have just as much if not more influence in their districts, have greater control over their organization, be able to get much better professional liability insurance and pay much<br />less in dues.EdDnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-2953221149363287212009-12-04T15:52:06.405-08:002009-12-04T15:52:06.405-08:00I've never been a union member but I think pay...I've never been a union member but I think paying $1,000 a year to be a non-member is just outrageous. Rebate or not.Normahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11502895616873273470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-24303194585247988002009-12-04T14:56:34.744-08:002009-12-04T14:56:34.744-08:00I think the practice of garnishing union dues - of...I think the practice of garnishing union dues - of any and all kinds- should be illegal. Everyone should be required to write out their own check. I think Oregon tried that and union membership dropped like a rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-70949393959741703882009-12-04T06:33:27.930-08:002009-12-04T06:33:27.930-08:00My email is the same as my yahoo ID in my profile,...My email is the same as my yahoo ID in my profile, just add @yahoo.com at the end.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-35928996979155227432009-12-03T21:10:31.723-08:002009-12-03T21:10:31.723-08:00I would love to send you a report I wrote up for m...I would love to send you a report I wrote up for my staff after I attended the NEA RA as a delegate in San Diego this past Summer.<br /><br />Your email link is not popping up. If you don't mind, let me have your email and I would like to send it on over.<br /><br />RyanTreehopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304036492284957040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-7935896686621846592009-12-03T20:51:30.019-08:002009-12-03T20:51:30.019-08:00I was a site rep. The major problems aren't a...I was a site rep. The major problems aren't at the local level, though--they're at the state and national levels. And the higher up you go, the more fever swamp leftie the people get. While trying to effect change from within is a noble goal, it's not very likely, IMNSHO.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15730642770935985796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10348701.post-63686473675272026322009-12-03T20:28:33.067-08:002009-12-03T20:28:33.067-08:00I'm semi new to your powerful blog and am lazy...I'm semi new to your powerful blog and am lazy to look through the hundreds of posts you have written, but I have a question for you. <br /><br />Before you left the union, did you try to rise in the ranks to affect change from within? This is the stage I'm at. I'm rising the ranks to see if I can have any influence on the socialist nonsense I see within my own Union Trinity. <br /><br />It could be a lost cause, and I'll probably end up just resigning from the union as you had.<br /><br />Any advise?Treehopperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11304036492284957040noreply@blogger.com