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One Year After Janus, What Do Teachers Think?
TeacherFreedom.org ^

Posted on 07/15/2019 12:33:18 PM PDT by aspasia


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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: education; janus; nea; teacherunion; unions
"83 percent of K-12 teachers don’t fully understand their rights with respect to union membership."
1 posted on 07/15/2019 12:33:18 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: aspasia

That isn’t a huge surprise. One of my friends is a teacher (Libertarian, not Leftist), and she says they seem to make it confusing on purpose.


2 posted on 07/15/2019 12:43:57 PM PDT by Tacrolimus1mg (Do no harm, but take no sh!t.)
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To: Tacrolimus1mg

I suppose another reason is that most of the teachers follow the herd and don’t think for themselves.


3 posted on 07/15/2019 1:00:57 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: aspasia

Um what is Janus?


4 posted on 07/15/2019 1:02:34 PM PDT by Menehune56 ("Let them hate so long as they fear" (Oderint Dum Metuant), Lucius Accius (170 BC - 86 BC))
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To: Menehune56

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janus_v._AFSCME


5 posted on 07/15/2019 1:11:31 PM PDT by SteveH (intentionally blank)
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To: aspasia

In the Peoples’ Republic of Pennsyltucky teachers are only allowed to opt out of the PSEA (NEA affiliate) for a very brief window (10-15 days) at the ratification of new contracts, typically no sooner than ever third year but sometimes as long as four or five years.

Seems to be in defiance of the SCOTUS and Janus.


6 posted on 07/15/2019 1:17:59 PM PDT by lightman (Byzantine Troparia: The "praise choruses" of antiquity.)
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To: aspasia

Getting little digs in? What a rude thing to say.


7 posted on 07/15/2019 1:22:51 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: aspasia
When the noble NEA of the early years allowed itself to become a political union, those "rights" of individuals became compromised and disappeared.

We might remember, there was a time when the NEA, before its union days, actually published a book which might help us today, as seen here

8 posted on 07/15/2019 1:44:04 PM PDT by loveliberty2 (`)
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To: aspasia

Janus Bump!!!!!!!!!!!


9 posted on 07/15/2019 2:22:32 PM PDT by 4Liberty ("The Democrats are the Party of Crime." - Donald J. Trump)
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To: leaning conservative
LOL--if the shoe fits . . .

I'd wager about 51% of the electorate is super rude.

10 posted on 07/15/2019 4:00:03 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: leaning conservative
But seriously, why do they only do collective bargaining for cash and such. Make me wise, but I don't see them collective bargaining for freedom of speech or religious liberty. And the majority of them is greater than the sum of its parts.

Domination of the female and domination of the herd. What am I talking about? Insects.

11 posted on 07/15/2019 4:21:33 PM PDT by aspasia
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But do you want to belong to that 51% of rude people? I belong to a teacher organization at dues of $10.50 per month. Main reason is for liability insurance. I will say it’s a pretty middle of the road group......to somewhat conservative. It is completely voluntary. The woman who currently runs it sends out great info on what the state legislature is working on.

But I would say the main reason people belong is for the liability insurance. They will also answer all legal questions anyone may have, usually within 24 hours.


12 posted on 07/15/2019 5:07:31 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: leaning conservative

I have nothing against insurance, per se. Plus, if its about unions, you know, those big unions have much more up their sleeve than insurance. Some people do know this—like at least 16%.


13 posted on 07/15/2019 5:19:25 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: leaning conservative
Which union? I hope not the NEA. This JULY:

The National Education Association (NEA) adopted an official position in support of a “fundamental right to abortion” during its Representative Assembly over the weekend. linky

14 posted on 07/15/2019 5:38:12 PM PDT by aspasia
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To: aspasia

Interestingly the group I belong to is relatively small. I teach in a majority black district....rated F. Lots of dysfunctional kids. One of my co workers had 1/2 her class under DHS services the year before last. There is another group which is under the NEA umbrella & it costs twice as much. WITH THE EXACT SAME SERVICES! The first back to school to school day for all district faculty/staff the NEA connected organization makes a presentation. Never once has mine presented. It’s political & our administration is black. I have tried telling people that the other organization is 1/2 the cost with the same benefits. You want to waste money, have at it.


15 posted on 07/15/2019 6:02:39 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!)
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To: aspasia

Got a degree in education - many teachers K-12 don’t understand the English language....they say things like, “And when he got there, do you know what he seen”....


16 posted on 07/16/2019 4:50:06 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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Helps to learn Latin, but translating any language is a great exercise to learn how to write. As a rule they don’t they teach Latin in public schools. Best time is grade school and middle school (not high school) and that’s what a lot of the private schools are doing.


17 posted on 07/16/2019 7:33:29 AM PDT by aspasia
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To: aspasia

I guess it might have a use since the roots of many of our words come from Latin - but it’s a dead language...that’s one of the reasons I figure I never ‘got it” as a young Catholic and ended up wandering as an Agnostic for decades before finding Christ....Latin masses growing up and I knew the noises to make after hearing the priest make his noises but didn’t know what the heck it meant...and the “Bible” classes weren’t really about the Bible but about Church canons and the such...Christ rarely came up as a topic.


18 posted on 07/17/2019 2:26:48 AM PDT by trebb (Don't howl about illegal leeches, or Trump in general, while not donating to FR - it's hypocritical.)
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To: trebb
That's a common experience, not just with learning language. Some people don't seek after music or math. Others don't look into Plato. Meanwhile the Hound of Heaven is after us.
19 posted on 07/17/2019 4:13:02 AM PDT by aspasia
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