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Fascinating.  Do union people not realize that your actions are interpretable by others with experience?  You are blaming others for commenting on their interpretation of your actions, like what you are doing is some secret?  Man oh jeez you guys are bad at negotiating.[/quote]

A former union president of the WTU- I assume I think it’s inappropriate. 
You are not involved in the union and don’t need to know any inner workings, you just need to know teachers do not feel safe, valuable, or appreciated.

Especially when some IPL is just CARES 2.0 or there’s only 2 freaking students showing up![/quote]

You assume that you think?  Weird phrasing but ok.

Again, people get to look at the union’s actions and comment.  It’s odd that the union seems to think people who have a stake in their decisions are creating a problem by discussing those actions.  Take responsibility for your actions and communication.  Hate to tell you this if this is not known to you. but the public is now involved in the union’s workings.  Bc the union impacts so much more than just the union members.  [/quote]

Eh, I made a mistake in the phrasing.
You never cared before and you still don’t care now. It’s unlikely your kid will die or get very ill so I understand why your only issue is your child. However by that same token I think it shouldn’t be surprising teachers are now thinking af themselves first and don’t want your opinion about our safety.

My problem is not with parents it’s with DCPS. I’m perfectly willing to teach in person once my school’s issues are fixed. I’d also prefer full vaccination. My friend in CA was FULLY vaccinated weeks ago. [/quote]

I care about the union now, but no I didn’t before.  That’s bc the union didn’t impact my life before and it does now.  Um...did I have to come out of the womb caring about the WTU for it to matter?  The argument is specious.

But you’ve deflected the of conversation from “don’t discuss the union’s actions publicly!” to “you don’t care about teacher safety.”  I mean, at this stage it’s just a tired ploy. But for funnies  I’ll play along for a moment:   I’m happy that you say you will teach when fully vaccinated.  The WTU’s own communication suggests they think teacher vaccination is not enough.  I would agree that in the present that other mitigation factors are necessary.....it would be pleasant for the WTU to state AND THEN STICK TO what actions will provide them with a level of non-zero risk they can work with.  Instead, as in the case of the last arbitration, they say that they aren’t happy with the MOU that they signed.  So I have no faith that they will ever be satisfied, and will go on threatening a strike.  [/quote]

You should come out of the womb caring for human life, yea.

And I didn’t say you couldn’t talk about the union, you misunderstood. I said the ‘former union president.’

I can’t answer that, I can only say what teachers have discussed as a group and what has been discussed has not always been reflected by union leadership. [b]The point is teachers still don’t feel safe and even if they do teach in person I promise people who hold distrust, bitterness, or fear in their hearts will not be a good or as good a teacher. [/quote][/b]

At this point in the pandemic, we know SO MUCH MORE about this virus than we did at the outset, and the vaccine news is excellent across the board.  I understand why there is fear, and PP makes a great point that working while fearing got your health and life does not make for a great outcome.  So it's time to pivot from this ridiculous power struggle between the union and DCPS, and focus on educating the community about what we actually know about COVID, what we actually know about the vaccines, etc.  Teaching in person can and should be quite safe, and the vast majority of teachers need not fear for their lives at work.  So let's work on that.[/quote]

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