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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Strike ban? Look both ways before you cross. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Strike ban? Look both ways before you cross. « Fred Klonsky's blog

Strike ban? Look both ways before you cross.

For years we have battled the IEA leadership over their sitting at the table philosophy.

Their guiding approach has been concede, concede, concede, because if you don’t sit at the table, they’ll do it to you and you won’t have any say in how it turns out.

And the results have devastated many teachers: A student performance based teacher evaluation system. A two tier pension plan that screws young teachers.

Now suddenly the leadership says that they have drawn a line in the sand over any no-strike legislation. Both