Thursday, May 10, 2012

Two dinners. « Fred Klonsky

Two dinners. « Fred Klonsky:


Two dinners.



Hackney’s onion loaf.
There are two retirement dinners tonight after school.
My district is hosting one.
My Region of the IEA is holding the other.
The Region dinner is at a burger place called Hackney’s. Union activists from all the Region’s locals will be there. And retirees. Each Local President will get up and say a few words about folks who have for the love of their profession committed hours of their time  negotiating contracts, representing members in disputes with administration, sitting on endless committees, going to conferences and Representative Assemblies and doing their day job.
You know. Teaching.
The District dinner will be at the country club. Retiring teachers, administrators para-professionals and non-certified staff will be there.
As an aside, the Park Ridge Country Club was originally designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. But several decades