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Kyle Olson

More Gasbaggery from the American Federation of Teachers

by Kyle Olson

When we received a threatening letter a few days ago from the American Federation of Teachers over AFTexposed.com, we knew it was little more than bluster - the typical bullying that the AFT has come to be known for.

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I mean, who else could loge personal threats at a “Rally for Respect” (of all things!) against the chancellor of DC Public Schools, Michelle Rhee, right in the heart of the city, and get away with it?

Needless to say, the baseless threats continue from the country’s second largest teachers’ union.

Now comes another letter from October 21, in which the union has apparently dropped its demand for us to stop using the acronym ‘AFT.’  They’re also no longer calling for us to turn over the domain registration to them.  Hopefully the General Counsel of the union, David Strom, saw how absurd and downright pathetic his demand was.

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Posted Oct 24th 2009 at 3:57 pm in Big Labor, News, Politics, State Politics | 38 Comments

Kyle Olson

“Furlough Fridays” a Sickening Reminder of Teachers Union Priorities

by Kyle Olson

   Now we have “furlough Fridays.”

What more is it going to take to convince the public of the pressing need to transform our schools into student-based institutions, instead of the labor-based cesspools they’ve become in recent years.

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In case you haven’t heard, the state of Hawaii, facing the same type of budget crunch as other state governments, has to cut more than $400 million from its education budget over the next two years. Logically, that would lead to some teacher layoffs in a number of school districts.

But the Hawaii State Teachers Association has a better idea. It wants to adopt a four-day school week, with unpaid “furlough Fridays,” to avoid any layoffs. In other words, the teachers are willing to sacrifice one-fifth of their students’ education to keep the paychecks rolling in.

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Posted Oct 16th 2009 at 9:30 am in Big Labor, Education, News, Politics | 80 Comments