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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[b]. I said the ‘former union president.’ [/b]

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. 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]

That person by the way wasn’t a teacher’s union president just another union. No reason not to share analysis.

I get you feel unsafe and unappreciated. I feel like in a normal year we parents go nuts appreciating our teachers. There are multiple gifts and a whole week of teacher appreciation. I think you deserve it but why isn’t this enough? Why is teaching the only profession that requires constant gifts and accolades? What is wrong here? It’s not the money in DC anyway, is it really such a shit job? Being with our kids all day? But if it was, why do our daycare teachers, nannies etc never complain and get far less appreciation? I am really asking, because somehow it seems like this setup is the problem - you’re always doing is a massive favor by being with our kids, we always owe you something, and now we owe you 100% safety from a disease which probably will never go away. [/quote]

This. Pre-pandemic, I recall several evenings after work when I was exhausted and struggling with getting dinner ready, homework for my kids, bath time, etc., yet I still took time to bake cookies or make a huge batch of something for lunches for teacher appreciation week for my kids' childless teachers. We gave money for holiday and end of year gifts. No one has ever done any of this type of appreciation for me, nor would I ever expect it. Why isn't all this enough?  It's scary to think how resentful and entitled some teachers are to constantly complain about the lack of appreciation.

Seriously, now lack of appreciation is a reason to not return to work?[/quote]

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