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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=jsteele][quote=Anonymous]You seem to be seriously implying that those of us who do not trust the WTU hate teachers generally. I think that is mistaken.[/quote]

I really don't know how you can complain about WTU positions and actions while claiming to like teachers who support those policies and participate in those actions. But, if you are somehow able to thread that needle, more power to you. However, there are posters here who do nothing but post complaints about teachers. Sometimes they manage to say "WTU" instead of "teachers" but not always. When posters allege -- as was done in this thread -- that posts about covid cases are from teachers who want to close schools so that they can sit on the beach while teaching, that has nothing to do with the WTU.

It may have been true in the past that there was a significant distance between the WTU and teachers they represent. But, all available evidence suggests that teachers are pretty united behind the WTU's positions with regard to covid (which is not to say every teacher supports the union).

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Not a teacher, but a former union member.

People always “third-party” the union so-to-speak, talking about the union as if it’s an amorphous blob that just exists and magically has power without wondering how the union formed.

To push back on the charge made earlier in this thread, WTU’s union salaries are in line with their members’; it’s not like there’s fat cats pulling some strings and teachers are just zombies going along. Unions are democratic institutions, with leadership elected by the membership, and major actions like ratifying a contract require the vote of members. It’s ridiculous to act as if WTU is somehow not the same as teachers; WTU is made up of, by and for teachers. If the majority of the union wanted to dissolve itself, it could. Most teachers seem pretty align with their union, which sounds like their union is doing a good job representing them.[/quote]

I know several teachers in DCPS who do not support the WTU, despite being members.  They just don't have the energy or time to fight it.[/quote]

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