when someone bashes the union comes running to the union for help.
There is a young teacher in our district who has gone out of his way to bash the union. I've seen his posting on different online newspapers who utilize the facebook plug in for comments.
He always makes comments on how he trusts his employer to protect his rights & that the union does nothing to help protect him.
Um okay . . .
So imagine my surprise when I get an e-mail from this young teacher who has a question about his permanent status. Apparently he was told that he had earned it but now the district can't find the paperwork. And, now he wants my help.
This is also funny to me as I've also seen him bashing "tenure" (aka permanent status). Why should it matter to you so much if you post everywhere that you don't think people should get tenure & you trust that your employer will do the right thing?
Amusing, I tell ya!
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It would just about KILL me not to say anything to this young teacher. I've been noticing that our younger crew is more and more conservative, thus anti-union, EXCEPT when it benefits them. Hypocrisy of the first magnitude!
Oy! The first thing you learn as a chapter leader is that "they" are out to split the union by pitting the young against the old, or one ethnicity against another, or elementary against hs, etc. so despite the distastefulness of helping the union-basher, I would bite my tongue and help. And then I would be sure to remind him of the help every time I was looking for people to make political phone calls, attend rallies, sign petitions and so forth. Good luck (we all need it!)
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