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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Talk to your EFR. I believe there is language in the contract surrounding preps.  I think 3 is the max, but I could be wrong. [/quote]

Unfortunately, the teacher can’t join MCEA due to religious convictions. I feel like admin knew which of us to pick on.[/quote]

What does MCEA have to do with religion?[/quote]

Some religions, or factions or certain religions (Jehovah's witness, seventh day adventist) prohibit union membership.  [/quote]

I seemed to miss that lesson in the bible.[/quote]

For some religions with pacifism as a tenet, it’s carried over from violent strikes in the 19th and early 20th centuries. There was a point in history all over the world where strikers were expected to physically fight the police, private guards, and scabs (strikebreakers). For some faiths (not just Judeo-Christian ones), this expectation of violence was inconsistent with other teachings. Today, many Quakers belong to unions, but once it would have been unthinkable.[/quote]
Seems a weak argument to have a blanket opposition to unions. Violence is a sin, sure. Biblical. Trying to make people's lives better is God's work. Also biblical. Unions, [i]per se[/i], aren't biblical.[/quote]

The Bible isn’t the guide for all religious people who practice pacifism. [/quote]
Sure. But what is it about unions that precludes pacifism for MCPS employees? I still don't see the connection. You can be a union member working to better lives collectively without ceding a pacifist stance. Lord knows we've seen enough religious violence without involving unions.[/quote]

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