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Monday, February 14, 2011

DC, NYC Bow Out of Collaborpalooza | Intercepts

DC, NYC Bow Out of Collaborpalooza | Intercepts

DC, NYC Bow Out of Collaborpalooza

It’s Valentine’s Day, but some districts aren’t feeling the love for tomorrow’s big labor-management collaboration conference in Denver.

The “unprecedented and potentially historic event” will proceed without the representatives from the Washington, DC and New York City school districts, both of which have peeved union presidents.

“In my view, my participation in the conference would project an an image of a working relationship between WTU and DCPS which at this time does not exist,” saidWashington Teachers Union president Nathan Saunders. “I will not be a hypocrite.”

“If we sign a pledge and before we even get to Denver they’ve broken their pledge