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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are absolutely evil to be threatening to strike. [/quote]

Could you provide some examples of other ways you would like them to advocate for a new contract?[/quote]

Pretty much any way except that? But sure, you can keep on asserting that teacher’s unions can do whatever they want to advance their interests, and that the interests of children are irrelevant to the union. And if you say that, I will assert that the union is evil because they are using their power to hurt children. Even the threat of hurting children is unconscionable. The sad part is, most DC parents would actually support teachers getting a good contract - but when you make clear you don’t GAF about hurting kids, you lose your natural allies. [/quote]

Would you mind building on your first sentence? What are some other ways?[/quote]

NP but teachers could work to the contract:
Only at school during contracted hours (no after school extra help, club meetings, etc.) 
Only cover classes under the contractual way (I don’t remember what it is but there’s something where you don’t have to give up your planning every day for class coverage)
Don’t write any college recommendation or scholarship recommendation letters because it’s not in the contract (HS mostly, and this one most teachers won’t actually do but it’s effective)[/quote]

These are all really good ideas! However I’m looking at the first two and I don’t see how they would work practically. A lot of teachers are afraid to defy their admin or ruin a positive working relationship by refusing to cover.

And honestly for the first one; teaching is so much harder if you don’t have your materials prepped, and that typically gets done outside of contract hours. We’d be making our lives worse. I totally get what your saying but I think it works better in theory than in practice[/quote]

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