Friday, June 10, 2011

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SAVE OUR SCHOOLS MARCH STATEMENT ON UNION RIGHTS

Mike Klonsky's SmallTalk Blog: SAVE OUR SCHOOLS MARCH STATEMENT ON UNION RIGHTS


SAVE OUR SCHOOLS MARCH STATEMENT ON UNION RIGHTS

One of the many reasons I am marching along with thousands of others in D.C. on July 30th is in defense of union rights for teachers and other public workers. Here is the SOS position on Unions and Collective Bargainingprinted in full:

Unions and Collective Bargaining

Unions of all kinds are currently under political attack. Public employee unions are especially under fire, as we have seen in Wisconsin and now in other states. As members of public employee unions, teachers are particularly aware of the risks inherent in allowing such attacks to go unchallenged.

Those of us involved in organizing the Save Our Schools March and National Call to Action