Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:32
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:My understanding is that the benefit of WTU is that members are eligible for bonuses. DCPS should institute a blanket bonus policy outside of the union contract so that teachers have no incentive to join.
That’s not how it works. I have never joined the union and I still got bonuses.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:30
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Parents on this board are just itching for a reason to demonize the union. Relax! Your kids will be back in school this week.
So the email is fake? I’m not trying to demonize the union, I’m trying to figure out what’s going to happen for my 6 y/o (and also my work schedule) this week. As garbage as this website can get, it also often scoops the news.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:26
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Parents on this board are just itching for a reason to demonize the union. Relax! Your kids will be back in school this week.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:25
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
if you strike, you don’t get to keep on working. consequences to everyone.
So the teachers who don’t strike should have their accounts deactivated too? That makes zero sense
The only teachers who are going to be affected are those that have been told to report in person. That's what so messed about this - whoever shows up on that call and screams about "union strong' and was never expected to return in person voted on action that will ONLY affect teachers that have been told to report. They had NOTHING to lose. So those teachers, Term 3 assigned teachers in school, if they decide to follow that union action and don't report. Well, we all sign into Octo and it's pretty easy to figure out if you are supposed to be in school or not, how long do you think it will take before DCPS starts progressive discipline including deactivating accounts?
I actually think it would take a long time to start deactivating accounts. DCPS is not that organized. I’m not sure they even know how to do it. They never deactivate accounts from people who quit or were fired. It’s interesting...we will have to see what happens.
It’s not gonna matter for Monday anyway. It’s going to be an all virtual day.
Deactivation was actually just an example anyway that gained traction. Agree that DCPS is not that organized, but the system is in place to know who should be in school and who should not. If you are a not a teacher, we all use a sign-in system that asks us if we are virtual or in person - DCPS has been organized enough to only make vaccine appts available to those who are scheduled in person so they definitely know who is supposed to be in schools on Monday (probably Tuesday.) And DCPS has probably been planning for the union to act and the mayor is ready to take action. It will be ugly, that's for sure.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:22
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
My understanding is that the benefit of WTU is that members are eligible for bonuses. DCPS should institute a blanket bonus policy outside of the union contract so that teachers have no incentive to join.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:21
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
if you strike, you don’t get to keep on working. consequences to everyone.
So the teachers who don’t strike should have their accounts deactivated too? That makes zero sense
The only teachers who are going to be affected are those that have been told to report in person. That's what so messed about this - whoever shows up on that call and screams about "union strong' and was never expected to return in person voted on action that will ONLY affect teachers that have been told to report. They had NOTHING to lose. So those teachers, Term 3 assigned teachers in school, if they decide to follow that union action and don't report. Well, we all sign into Octo and it's pretty easy to figure out if you are supposed to be in school or not, how long do you think it will take before DCPS starts progressive discipline including deactivating accounts?
I actually think it would take a long time to start deactivating accounts. DCPS is not that organized. I’m not sure they even know how to do it. They never deactivate accounts from people who quit or were fired. It’s interesting...we will have to see what happens.
It’s not gonna matter for Monday anyway. It’s going to be an all virtual day.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:08
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
if you strike, you don’t get to keep on working. consequences to everyone.
So the teachers who don’t strike should have their accounts deactivated too? That makes zero sense
The only teachers who are going to be affected are those that have been told to report in person. That's what so messed about this - whoever shows up on that call and screams about "union strong' and was never expected to return in person voted on action that will ONLY affect teachers that have been told to report. They had NOTHING to lose. So those teachers, Term 3 assigned teachers in school, if they decide to follow that union action and don't report. Well, we all sign into Octo and it's pretty easy to figure out if you are supposed to be in school or not, how long do you think it will take before DCPS starts progressive discipline including deactivating accounts?
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:03
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
if you strike, you don’t get to keep on working. consequences to everyone.
So the teachers who don’t strike should have their accounts deactivated too? That makes zero sense
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:01
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
Also, term 2 grades.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:00
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
if you strike, you don’t get to keep on working. consequences to everyone.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 08:00
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Also, what I find most frustrating is that the WTU STILL hasn’t publicized now DCPS is supposed to have breached the MOA.
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wtulocal6action/pages/402/attachments/original/1611326675/January_19_-_Letter.pdf?1611326675&link_id=0&can_id=658ebe88be98114776d6a2f88cdb2593&source=email-tonight-member-town-hall-safely-reopening-schools-2&email_referrer=email_1052229&email_subject=tonight-member-assembly-votes-on-potential-collective-action
Thanks! I’ve been looking for this — though it looks more like a request for information than a list of breaches. I would love to see if our school is in compliance.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 07:55
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?
In Chicago, the teachers that chose to stay home instead of reporting in person had their accounts deactivated so they could not continue teaching online. It's a retaliatory move. I'm not sure DCPS would do that but it's an example of the disciplinary measures Chicago Public Schools is taking as a result of the labor actions there. And I know that is not Chicago, but DC is about 1-2 weeks behind them and what is happening there is very similar to what is happening here.
Anonymous
01/31/2021 07:51
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:Also, what I find most frustrating is that the WTU STILL hasn’t publicized now DCPS is supposed to have breached the MOA.
https://d3n8a8pro7vhmx.cloudfront.net/wtulocal6action/pages/402/attachments/original/1611326675/January_19_-_Letter.pdf?1611326675&link_id=0&can_id=658ebe88be98114776d6a2f88cdb2593&source=email-tonight-member-town-hall-safely-reopening-schools-2&email_referrer=email_1052229&email_subject=tonight-member-assembly-votes-on-potential-collective-action
Anonymous
01/31/2021 07:50
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
So no school tomorrow?
Anonymous
01/31/2021 07:44
Subject: WTU meeting updates?
Anonymous wrote:The mayor will force teachers back. This will be viewed as a strike. The union is using the Chicago playbook what’s happening right now. Bowser will play hardball, maybe deactivate school a cout for teachers so they can’t teach virtually. Teachers work for the mayor she had the power to fine the union and discipline teachers.
Deactivate accounts?? There are still teachers teaching full time virtual. How will deactivating their accounts help anyone?