“IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY IT’S ABOUT POWER!” – INTERVIEW WITH TEACHER’S UNION CHEIF NEGOTIATOR
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You would save the City money by allowing teachers to retire early with full medical. At least that’s what Marty Pavlik, the Portland Teacher’s Union Chief Negotiator would have you believe.
Dateline Portland Oregon – February 13, 2014 – Following a “Teacher’s Community Forum” held this evening at Union Headquarters for the Portland Association of Teachers (PAT), we score an exclusive interview with Marty Pavlik, the Chief Negotiator for the Union. According to Pavlik, it’s not about money it’s about power. By his calculations the City would save money by allowing teachers to retire early with full medical, and the
OOPS. PORTLAND TEACHER SPILLS BEANS ON STRIKE PLAN
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“Are we allowed to say anything about the rally?” Others seem unsure as a Portland teacher relays details of plans to shutdown the city at noon on February 20th.
Dateline Portland Oregon Thursday February 13, 2014 - At a public “Teachers Community Forum,” Lincoln High teacher Amanda Jane Elliot relays details of a plan to shutdown the city center. Teachers will walk out of classrooms and take public transportation to the center of the city rallying at Pioneer Courthouse Square on February 20th at noon. (Of course they have a permit and have secured the proper insurance right?) “Caleb” who is from the Portland Student Union chimes in. He promises a thousand students to join them and is “egged on” by Elliot. Portland Student Union is an organization of Public High School students who are in lock step with teachersplanning to shutter area schools. The group recently shut down a School Board Meeting using amplification equipment supplied by the International Socialists Organization (ISO), a Communist Organization which calls Portland State University Home. Well known ISO organizers were also involved in the disruption which caused the board to cancel the meeting.