Reply to Public sector unions and their political influence

Forum Index » Metropolitan DC Local Politics

Reply to "Public sector unions and their political influence "

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I personally think the teachers’ interests are almost perfectly aligned with my kids‘ interest.  If all the teachers quit because they are afraid of getting sick, my kid is going to be up a creek.  We did have a ton who retired or left.  I don’t always agree 100% but the views of teachers are extremely important to me. [/quote]
I feel the same way.  I'm not 100% aligned with the WTU, but close enough to have a healthy tension.  I would work collaboratively with them any day.  The Mayor on the other hand... she's gotta go.[/quote]

how are you going to “work collaboratively” with any union? you’re not a stakeholder - that’s been made very very clear. OTOH you actually elect a mayor and have specific ways to give feedback or can campaign against her.

I think all public sector unions should have less influence, period. The fact that police unions & teachers unions can disrupt the ability of citizens to have properly administered public services is a huge problem. Look how WTU supporters manage to silence public criticism here. [/quote]

Can I ask what about the WTU you are interested in criticizing? Specifically?[/quote]

Do you have to ask?  School closures, for one. That taught me that every WTU advocacy item is primarily about teachers, not about children. I am glad that WTU seems more conciliatory now (eg not fighting the end of the mask mandate). I follow WTU on twitter, and it seems to me that their primary advocacy points that they put muscle behind all have to do with strengthening their bargaining unit - their main campaign this year was librarians in every school.  I mean that's great an all, but there's absolutely no reason to believe that libraries, among all else, are the most important additional staff we need in each school.  [/quote]

Buddy this is a good one. 
[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics