Why I Can't Go to San Francisco
. . .or anywhere else for Spring Break? I've got a union to reform.
posted by clc @ 10:55 PM
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Monday, February 28, 2005
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11 Comments:
Looks like quite a challenge. good luck.
Looks like quite a challenge. good luck.
Looks like quite a challenge. good luck.
(if this prints 3 times, it's because it kept coming back to me as not working).
Wow. What union? AAUP? Also, Timna keeps posting the following and gets bumped:
"Looks like quite a challenge. good luck. "
Joanna
That's ok. We like timna ;-)
We're an SEIU local. We have a weird situation in that there are two faculty unions in the community colleges in our state; the other is an AFT local. Mine is the bigger one. The current leadership has been in place for 30 years. It's time for them to go.
Go Cindy! This is tough stuff, but I agree with John's comments. I moved from a "right to work" state where that meant I had the right to an insane work load for insanely low pay. A union needs to protect its members (and that helps students, too), but there is not much more frustrating than a union which has become insular and self serving. You've got a tough battle ahead, and my best is with you!
Go Cindy! This is tough stuff, but I agree with Jocalo's comments. I moved from a "right to work" state where that meant I had the right to an insane work load for insanely low pay. A union needs to protect its members (and that helps students, too), but there is not much more frustrating than a union which has become insular and self serving. You've got a tough battle ahead, and my best is with you!
Surely in San Francisco old Harry Bridges would understand, and when you cross that Bay or Golden Gate, you'll then have 4C's work even doubly spanned.
I concur with John.
I'm with Sharon. Based on what I know about you, I think you're the right person for the job. You're smart and tough. Go for it.
Joanna
I finally had enough time in the day to sit and read the link. Your arguments certainly are convincing. I'm interested in hearing about how it all plays out.
Joanna
Thanks for the support, all. We're working hard campaigning, but even if we lose, we feel we've already won, because we've got the membership talking and asking questions, and we've forced the first real, contested election in this union in the thirty years its been around. Things will never be the same in our little neck of the woods no matter what the outcome.
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