Monday, March 31, 2014

3-31-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher

Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.:



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Rauner “pro-union” like a fox is “pro-chicken”.
- Rich Miller in the Southtown Star: t didn’t take long for Republican gubernatorial nominee Bruce Rauner to drop the word “unions” from his vocabulary. After bashing public employee union leaders for months as corrupt bosses who buy votes to control Springfield, Rauner and his campaign have assiduously avoided the use of the “u-word” since his victory March 18. Instead, he’s switched to a line a

Standardized testing? “We’re out.”
Weingarten Rights. Our Miss Brooks never got in trouble with the principal or central office administrators.
. For all the many years that I was Grievance Chair, union local Vice President and President I always made a big thing about our members’ Weingarten Rights. Weingarten Rights don’t just apply to teachers, by the way. They apply to all union members covered by National Labor Relations Board rules. “If this discussion could in any way lead to my being disciplined or terminated, or affect my person


3-30-14 Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher
Fred Klonsky | Daily posts from a retired public school teacher who is just looking at the data.: Sunday reads.  “When it comes to the news, the corporate view is `objective,’ all else is `propaganda.” – Studs Terkel No Mo Cuomo. “We didn’t know that we had the right.” Walmart. A business model that depends on poverty. Who is kissing the ring of Sherman Adelson? CPS board members caught on camera