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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The WTU checklist does not call for N95 masks for all teaching personnel.

Soap. It says [b]teachers won't go back unless they can be guaranteed that there is adequate soap in their building[/b]. And my god, the fact that they have to even ask about this is appalling.

"Is there a functional sink in the nurse's office?"
"Does the nurse's office have a phone capable of calling outside lines?"

Many of the items on the checklist should be SOP in normal times. The fact that teachers feel that they need to push the district on getting SOAP in the building is telling. I trust teachers to understand the conditions that they normally work under, and frankly, I think they've saved hundreds of lives already by standing firm on this. [/quote]

here’s the problem with your “SOP” line. If the demand is that ALL pre-existing issues be solved before kids go back ... school will never reopen. What this suggests is that WTU is trying to use COVID as a bargaining chip to get concessions that have nothing to do with COVID. Which is really gross.[/quote]

Yes. Exactly this. It’s not that the WTU doesn’t have some reasonable demands and shouldn’t have a seat at the table, it’s that they’ve way overreached and are asking for things that cannot be provided and things that have nothing to do with COVID. They justify this because of the loss of trust, yadda yadda. Fine, but now that your essentially my kids schooling hostage to your wider labor disputes, to say I am no longer sympathetic is an understatement. I genuinely think this will hurt the WTU’s standing in the long run and make it more likely legislation is passed cutting the union’s powers. 5 years from now the WTU will realize they overplayed their hand.[/quote]

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