Comments on: Who’s Afraid Of Teacher Voice? Charter Schools And Union Organizing http://www.edwize.org/whos-afraid-of-teacher-voice-charter-schools-and-union-organizing Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:46:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Edwize » THE NY POST’S THEATRE OF THE ABSURD http://www.edwize.org/whos-afraid-of-teacher-voice-charter-schools-and-union-organizing/comment-page-1#comment-3354 Edwize » THE NY POST’S THEATRE OF THE ABSURD Mon, 28 Nov 2005 23:23:07 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=192#comment-3354 [...] Only the editorial writers of the New York Post could stumble unintentionally into a script for the theatre of the absurd, as it did last week with this editorial, “UFT’s Saddam Plan.” According to the brilliant political minds who pen their editorial page prose, the UFT’s proposal for ‘card check’ union organizing in charter schools is tantamount to the authoritarian rule Saddam Hussein inflicted on Iraq for decades. That will certainly come as news to the states of Illinois and California, which have ‘card check’ organizing for all public employees, as well as the states of New York and New Jersey, which have ‘card check’ organizing for not-for-profit and private sector employees not covered by the NLRB. But it does not surprise us that the adolescent editorial staff of the Post finds the law of Iraq under Baathist rule indistinguishable from the [...] [...] Only the editorial writers of the New York Post could stumble unintentionally into a script for the theatre of the absurd, as it did last week with this editorial, “UFT’s Saddam Plan.” According to the brilliant political minds who pen their editorial page prose, the UFT’s proposal for ‘card check’ union organizing in charter schools is tantamount to the authoritarian rule Saddam Hussein inflicted on Iraq for decades. That will certainly come as news to the states of Illinois and California, which have ‘card check’ organizing for all public employees, as well as the states of New York and New Jersey, which have ‘card check’ organizing for not-for-profit and private sector employees not covered by the NLRB. But it does not surprise us that the adolescent editorial staff of the Post finds the law of Iraq under Baathist rule indistinguishable from the [...]

]]> By: Edwize » Holiday Roundup http://www.edwize.org/whos-afraid-of-teacher-voice-charter-schools-and-union-organizing/comment-page-1#comment-3315 Edwize » Holiday Roundup Wed, 23 Nov 2005 20:39:32 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=192#comment-3315 [...] The Gotham Gazette the definitive website of everything wonkish in NYC, put together a rather comprehensive article on Charter Schools in NYC that’s worth a read. If you haven’t read Leo Casey’s post from last week about the seminar put together for charter schools by some prominent union busting law firms; it’s an important read, and it’s been excerpted by several other blogs over the last week. [...] [...] The Gotham Gazette the definitive website of everything wonkish in NYC, put together a rather comprehensive article on Charter Schools in NYC that’s worth a read. If you haven’t read Leo Casey’s post from last week about the seminar put together for charter schools by some prominent union busting law firms; it’s an important read, and it’s been excerpted by several other blogs over the last week. [...]

]]> By: Labor Blog http://www.edwize.org/whos-afraid-of-teacher-voice-charter-schools-and-union-organizing/comment-page-1#comment-3302 Labor Blog Tue, 22 Nov 2005 16:19:26 +0000 http://edwize.org/?p=192#comment-3302 <strong>Union Busting at NYC Charter Schools</strong> One reason unions are more successful in pubic sector organizing is that governments generally refrain from the union busting tactics of the private sectors. Teachers and other public employees have the chance to vote on whether to unionize without the... Union Busting at NYC Charter Schools

One reason unions are more successful in pubic sector organizing is that governments generally refrain from the union busting tactics of the private sectors. Teachers and other public employees have the chance to vote on whether to unionize without the…

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