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A place to discuss positive changes that can make work more equitable, and to vent about current practices. We are NOT against work; we just want the fruits of our labor to be recognized better.
Our Philosophies:
- All workers must be paid a living wage for their labor.
- Income inequality is the main cause of lower living standards.
- Workers must join together and fight back for what is rightfully theirs.
- We must not be divided and conquered. Workers gain the most when they focus on unifying issues.
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- Higher wages for underpaid workers.
- Better worker representation, including but not limited to unions.
- Better and fewer working hours.
- Stimulating a massive wave of worker organizing in the United States and beyond.
- Organizing and supporting political causes and campaigns that put workers first.
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Fascism bad, but the union is not protecting kids.
https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/04/06/582831662/schools-are-supposed-to-have-pass-the-trash-policies-the-dept-of-ed-isn-t-tracki
The issue is when yoh give power to police or teachers, you remove power from civilians or students.
Not everything that is broken should be dismantled.
Having a union allows them to represent themselves, it doesn't mean the other parties involved don't have power. It's about balancing things out so nobody is getting taken advantage of. Yeah, police unions are a problem, but it's because the balance of power is out of whack, not because the concept itself is bad. To compare a teachers union to that is laughable, they're not taking advantage of anyone, they're holding on by the skin of their teeth.
The only union mentioned in the article supported the law making it harder for pedo teachers to get new teaching jobs though?
I should have provided more, but these unions tend to resist measures to improve educator quality and protect bad teachers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Education_Association#Criticism
The union protected teachers in my schools that had several accusations. I believe it needs reform.
Not their job