tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post1682270449265278530..comments2024-03-26T11:07:03.496-04:00Comments on Ed Notes Online: MORE In the Media: Lupkin, Wainer and Cavanagh in The Chiefed notes onlinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-77276145287823021392014-05-16T15:43:36.069-04:002014-05-16T15:43:36.069-04:00That seems to be the pattern even here in NYC.
... That seems to be the pattern even here in NYC. <br /><br />I didn't see that piece, so can you link it here. I was just curious if Barbara was an AFT or NEA choice since I am not sure which union she will be representing. And if AFT, was she a Weingarten candidate??<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-65845510040273663022014-05-16T12:19:13.487-04:002014-05-16T12:19:13.487-04:00That's how the press characterizes us. We call...That's how the press characterizes us. We call ourselves an alternative.<br />I did write about Barbara's victory shortly after. My take is that is is good but am concerned about what kind of base there is given the raw numbers of voters and how many didn't bother to vote.ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-45206184640871816862014-05-16T08:38:10.749-04:002014-05-16T08:38:10.749-04:00MORE are not dissidents, they are teachers!! Labe...MORE are not dissidents, they are teachers!! Label them as such!! Let other teachers know there are teachers out there who have their backs and are not just complaining. MORE is as much a part of this union as any other teacher. They are not something separate. They do not want to change the system, but make it stronger. <br /><br /><br />I am surprised you have not written about the new leadership in Massachusetts. I look fwd on your take on that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-45061209445900797962014-05-15T23:40:25.270-04:002014-05-15T23:40:25.270-04:00I'm not clear where you get the pitting high s...I'm not clear where you get the pitting high salaried teachers against others. In fact it is the DOE that has done that and the persecution of high-salaried goes on without a response from the union. But also think of what that high salary means for people and the danger it has put them in given the union's inability to defend them when they become a target of vicious principals - of whom there are many -- and given this contract's ignoring that issue by not demanding protections. I mean if you are going to bargain for a high top end salary why not firm that up with some methods of keeping them out of harm's way?ed notes onlinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018047869059226777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33431390.post-72656544936765651802014-05-15T23:31:15.974-04:002014-05-15T23:31:15.974-04:00There is so much to be concerned about in the cont...There is so much to be concerned about in the context of this contract I see no useful point to pitting teachers with high end salaries, earned presumably on the basis of seniority, against others and expecting them, or any other teachers, to give up salary when the union and its most progressive members have not really articulated the trade-offs that would be required to reallocate that top-tier money to services that haven't even been articulated beyond smaller class size and wraparound services. When those proposals are more than a slogan then I think we have a right and even obligation to begin the discussion about topping out teacher salaries. That conversation needs to happen in a concrete and explicit manner, not just some sense that some teachers are making too much money.Harmiclirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09168245556779455388noreply@blogger.com