Will the WTU illegally strike? Not return on 2/1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

I hope you are right, because I'm a teacher too. Please send an email to your field rep if you are against collective action so they know how you feel.

[Anonymous]

The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

[Anonymous]

Another teacher here- no strike. I am going back Feb 1 with absolutely no intention to strike. I do not know any talk of this at my school at all. We have worked really hard in getting re opening plans together.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

Less than 20% being in favor is because only some teachers are being forced to return. Others received accommodations or just lucked out with an understanding principal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Another teacher here- no strike. I am going back Feb 1 with absolutely no intention to strike. I do not know any talk of this at my school at all. We have worked really hard in getting re opening plans together.

Teacher PP here, this is exactly how I feel. It would be a devastating betrayal to our school community if the plan we developed did not go forward.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

I found the 7% not the least bit surprising and a reflection on the fear mongering that is going on. To actually understand the risk you have to want to understand how the data, mitigation measures & personal choice all connect. Long ago the union choose this dubious term "safe" as the metric for going back. It's an impossible goal to achieve.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

I found the 7% not the least bit surprising and a reflection on the fear mongering that is going on. To actually understand the risk you have to want to understand how the data, mitigation measures & personal choice all connect. Long ago the union choose this dubious term "safe" as the metric for going back. It's an impossible goal to achieve.

What is DCPS’ “metric” for reopening? They still won’t say.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

I found the 7% not the least bit surprising and a reflection on the fear mongering that is going on. To actually understand the risk you have to want to understand how the data, mitigation measures & personal choice all connect. Long ago the union choose this dubious term "safe" as the metric for going back. It's an impossible goal to achieve.

What is DCPS’ “metric” for reopening? They still won’t say.

What do you think it should be? NYC used an arbitrary 3% (I think) that they had no control over and it backfired.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

I found the 7% not the least bit surprising and a reflection on the fear mongering that is going on. To actually understand the risk you have to want to understand how the data, mitigation measures & personal choice all connect. Long ago the union choose this dubious term "safe" as the metric for going back. It's an impossible goal to achieve.

What is DCPS’ “metric” for reopening? They still won’t say.

What do you think it should be? NYC used an arbitrary 3% (I think) that they had no control over and it backfired.

We should meet ALL Phase 2 requirements. The original plan

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

I found the 7% not the least bit surprising and a reflection on the fear mongering that is going on. To actually understand the risk you have to want to understand how the data, mitigation measures & personal choice all connect. Long ago the union choose this dubious term "safe" as the metric for going back. It's an impossible goal to achieve.

What is DCPS’ “metric” for reopening? They still won’t say.

What do you think it should be? NYC used an arbitrary 3% (I think) that they had no control over and it backfired.

We should meet ALL Phase 2 requirements. The original plan

By your logic school should have be open at least until the beginning of November. I wish you were making the decisions.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

Less than 20% being in favor is because only some teachers are being forced to return. Others received accommodations or just lucked out with an understanding principal.

The problem is that unless all members show up to the union meeting to vote, a strike might go through. The members most likely to show up at union meetings are those most invested in schools remaining closed. So I would take that 20% in favor with a grain of salt- that's 20% of all members.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The Chancellor said at the DC Council Meeting on Thursday that only 7% of teachers volunteered to return, so 93% are being forced in-person. While some teachers, like the poster above are ready and even eager to return, the vast majority are not. This upcoming week will be interesting for sure.

I watched the meeting and heard the Chancellor flat out lie or be deliberately ambiguous when answering several questions. I do believe DCPS has already violated aspects of the MOA. PERB ruling in WTU's favor is a possibility.

There is something I've been confused about- I thought the WTU never signed the MOA. So how is that MOA then valid? And how can DCPS be in violation of an MOA the Union never signed? That's the part I am confused about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

Less than 20% being in favor is because only some teachers are being forced to return. Others received accommodations or just lucked out with an understanding principal.

The problem is that unless all members show up to the union meeting to vote, a strike might go through. The members most likely to show up at union meetings are those most invested in schools remaining closed. So I would take that 20% in favor with a grain of salt- that's 20% of all members.

Ok so they vote for a strike. There will be scabs and some people will still go into work.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Yes, the union is preparing to strike.

Source??

Here are the facts, decide for yourself what you think will happen.

1. PERB rules in favor of the WTU, end of October, from the original complaint for violation of the contract, filed in July. DCPS forced to negotiate with WTU (this was a major F-up of DCPS BTW, they had July-Oct to work with union.)
2. DCPS has to abandon early November opening because of PERB ruling, WTU strikes/sick-outs and bizarrely considers it a win.
3. Nov - Now; DCPS kicks all the planning to each school, abandons the staffing survey (cause they had to) which gave teachers a lot of flexibility; WTU plans to sign MOA and then backtracks multiples times until it's filed; asks Elissa Silverman to sponsor a bill (which she does) that is ultimately withdrawn; WTU heavily lobbies city council (now the whole cause the Ed committee has been disbanded); WTU consistently messages its members unsafe, unsafe, unsafe, unsafe so much that who would expect anything other than certain death if returning to school.
4. 1/19 WTU files emergency complaint with PERB to calling for immediate arbitration for what sounds like violations of MOA; arbitration will probably happen next week.

If arbitration rules in favor of DCPS and there is no legal injunction forcing DCPS to change course, what do you think will happen? If you don't believe the back-up plan is a strike, I can't help you.

Hi. I’m a teacher. You can choose to believe or not believe me but there is not going to be a strike. Less than 20% of members are in favor of collective action. There are trolls in here trying to rile people up. There will not be a strike.

Less than 20% being in favor is because only some teachers are being forced to return. Others received accommodations or just lucked out with an understanding principal.

The problem is that unless all members show up to the union meeting to vote, a strike might go through. The members most likely to show up at union meetings are those most invested in schools remaining closed. So I would take that 20% in favor with a grain of salt- that's 20% of all members.

This is exactly right, and the number for a voting quorum is ridiculously low. Those 20% can vote to take action on behalf of the entire union membership.