Posted by: preaprez on: 11 May, 2008
A couple of words about the two previous posts.
First, I couldn’t be more pleased if the teacher union leadership will enthusiastically support Barack Obama in the upcoming historic battle with John McCain. As a member of the NEA, I wish my own union had done it already.
Frankly, I received the e-mail from UFT President Randi [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: 11 May, 2008
Randi Weingarten writes me:
I agree with Leo. I have never said a negative word about Senator Obama.
When asked at the April DA about this I was very emphatic about how we must
unite the Democratic Party.only someone who wants to be devisive or blindly
critical, or simply lie, could have possibly misprepresented the content or
tone of [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: 11 May, 2008
Leo Casey:
I am personally proud of the principled way in which the UFT and AFT has
supported Clinton, sticking entirely to our view of the issues and Obama’s
and Clinton’s positions on them.
Note: The last time Casey attacked me it was because I said the UFT had supported Clinton. He said that the UFT didn’t support Clinton. [...]
Posted by: preaprez on: 11 May, 2008
Mother Jones
Since rebel union teachers and angry parents forced an agreement to turn L.A.’s Locke High School over to Green Dot and reorganize the school into small schools, the district has all but abandoned Locke and cut funding for non-police security aides. Now, just as Green Dot is about to assume responsibility, all hell has [...]
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