Monday, June 30, 2014

6-30-14 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.:















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SCOTUS rules against unions in Harris V. Quinn. But not entirely.
Justice Kagan. ” The good news out of this case is clear: The majority declined that radical request.” In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court ruled against unions in our attempt to expand fair share fee payment among home care and other public sector workers, providing the benefits of union collective bargaining to those not yet protected. Not surprisingly, Justice Alioto wrote the majority opinion. A


DVR says goodbye to the retirees.
These are the final days for Dennis Van Roekel as President of the NEA. VP Lily Eskelsen Garcia will be elected to replace him later this week. His appearance an speech Sunday in front of the 350 or so retired delegates at our pre-RA conference was warmly received. DVR usually doesn’t so much fire up as make us all a little sleepy. But the retired delegates responded to a president who genuinely


6-29-14 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.At the NEA RA with the next president of the NEA, Lily Eskelsen Garcia. It’s the final day of the NEA Retired Conference, Happy birthday to my Skokie Organization of Retired Educators (IEA-R) member and fellow Illinois delegate Bob Kaplan. Nine thousand delegates arrive in Denver for NEA