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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am teacher and I am so confused about this collective that I am supposed to be a part of.  Is it a union or not?  What makes an association a true union?
Right now all I know is that some woman I don’t know and who seems a bit  ”batscheize” gets to speak “for teachers” at SB meetings.  Why does she get to speak?  Because nowhere on her Christmas list of demands are the things I would ask for - smaller class sizes, real textbooks, better working conditions (cleaner, ventilated), and unfrozen step increases.

I have a strong feeling this FEA lady gets to speak because she DOES ask for stupid, unreasonable stuff no one wants and she gives Braband an easy target.  I don’t know.

I’d like to go back to school and teach.  What is the hold up?  The concurrent equipment they need so they can accommodate everyone and make everyone equally detest school?  The “required distancing” we know they can’t do because, c’mon, my school is overflowing.  The vaccines that are stalled?

Apparently, WaPo and the community seem to think teachers are on some sort of “strike” - a strike of LOAs and ADAs.  Well, why did leadership grant so many of them if this was going to be such a problem?

Yeah, so I will just go back to teaching through the computer while you all figure this out.  I am doing the best I can.

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OP, we worked at the state level and locally for smaller class sizes and real textbooks and better ventilation and it was the teacher's unions and the current school board that fought against these or at least wouldn't support them in full. And the republicans wouldn't support extra money although agreed in principle. They wanted other things cut first. Each side likes to use these things as tools/weapons to get their pet projects approved. [/quote]

Why would “the union” work against you?  Who are these people and why do they get to represent “teachers?”  What gives them that authority?
We absolutely need smaller class sizes.  That would be issue number one on my wish list.[/quote]

Lol. That would require the union to actually care about instruction. They only care about making it hard to fire bad teachers (I mean, seriously, why is tenure a thing for school age teachers!); obtaining as many “training days” as possible (because you know, teachers are hourly workers - NOT); ensuring high pay (yes they are very well paid here); and generous benefits (hello: pension!). [/quote]

I say this as someone who is not a member of a union...
1.  No tenure in VA. You are on "continuing contract" after three years, but you can be placed on evaluation at any point.  Otherwise you do a formal evaluation process every three years. 
2. Teachers pretty universally hate these "training days."  They are never actually relevant to our jobs. 
3. Ha.  Our pay keeps getting frozen and health care costs just go up.  
4.  This generous pension you speak of is no longer in existence for new-ish hires to FCPS.  It is now a defined benefit plan like most employers have these days. [/quote]

Yep.  It sucks.  We have no real union, and yet we get shit on  for what we don’t have.  I think i may move to another county.  [/quote]

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