Randi Weingarten, Twitter, and 'Secret Society' Membership
Connecticut Governor Dannel Malloy is a corporate reformer's gift. He appointedStefan Pryor, the co-founder of a major charter chain as state education commissioner. Even as traditional public education in Connecticut is underfunded, the number of charter schools grows. Malloy also believes in evaluating teachers using student test scores. He publicly stated that teachers "only have to show up for four years" in order to get collective bargaining rights.
Not only does Malloy not respect teachers; he is actively working to destroy traditional public education.
But, you see, the Connecticut American Federation of Teachers (CT-AFT) is willing to forgive because CT-AFT has other members, and according to CT-AFT President Melodie Peters, Malloy is nice to those other members:
Melodie Peters, the president of AFT-Connecticut, whose 29,000 members include teachers and a diverse collection of other professions, including health care employees, said Malloy supported AFT's efforts to organize workers at Backus Hospital more than a year ago, as well his efforts to push Lawrence + Memorial to settle recently.The labor movement is far better off with Malloy, who is the first Democratic governor in two decades, than without him, she said."Have mistakes been made along the way? Absolutely," she said. "I would defy anyone to tell me that I'm perfect. When you have speechwriters, sometimes those things happen, right?" ...The delegates gave him a standing ovation. [Emphasis added.]
Malloy is running for re-election. In June 2014, CT-AFT gave Malloy their endorsement because he's a Democrat -- oh, and he *really* "respects" collective bargaining rights:
AFT's endorsement of Malloy and the other five statewide constitutional officers,all Democrats, would barely be noteworthy in other years, but theRandi Weingarten, Twitter, and 'Secret Society' Membership | Mercedes Schneider: