2016 Postmortem

sabrina 1

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60. Good post, thank you!

Wed Oct 7, 2015, 02:56 PM

Oct 2015

It seems to me that the US Department of Education backs the privatization of education and the use of testing scores to end the careers of certified teachers. Charter schools want to hire someone for minimum wage without benefits to teach children while they take the profits just like in any other business. I am a teacher, but will not affiliate with AFT for the reason of the separate missions between the leaders and the teachers.

Definitely, these are Third Way policies. This administration has been a huge disappointment for the teachers he promised to support only to end up pushing an even worse version of the awful NCLB.

If we don't stop these neolibs, there will no public programs left in this country or anywhere they go. See what they're doing in the EU eg.

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IF you are going to alert on me on ANY union issue, remember who you are dealing with [View all] Omaha Steve Oct 2015 OP

IMHO Faux pas Oct 2015 #1

I agree. Enthusiast Oct 2015 #10

K&R.... daleanime Oct 2015 #2

You go Omaha Steve! Democrats abandoned unions long ago. It is time they get called liberal_at_heart Oct 2015 #3

K & R. Unions have been left in the dust, like the middle class they built that is rapidly declining appalachiablue Oct 2015 #4

Well if you know everything about Unions... NobodyHere Oct 2015 #5

UAW didn't seem to have the rank & files back Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #7

Precisely Sherman A1 Oct 2015 #8

thanks for sharing, steve restorefreedom Oct 2015 #6

+1 jwirr Oct 2015 #47

You're the man Steve! jalan48 Oct 2015 #9

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Oct 2015 #11

K&R MissDeeds Oct 2015 #12

Kicked and recommended. Uncle Joe Oct 2015 #13

Nice post, Stephen A. Smith. Iggo Oct 2015 #14

Thanks for posting Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #27

OS, anyone who thinks you don't know unions doesn't know jack. merrily Oct 2015 #15

Got that right! RoccoRyg Oct 2015 #32

He was alerted on for using Fox as a source. merrily Oct 2015 #33

K&R azmom Oct 2015 #16

You've got a TON of support OS! SoapBox Oct 2015 #17

K&R for you OS, and for unions! n/t ms liberty Oct 2015 #18

K&R! KoKo Oct 2015 #19

buy union made in the usa and everything changes SoLeftIAmRight Oct 2015 #20

A lying smear from Camp Weathervane? 99Forever Oct 2015 #21

K&R Steve sadoldgirl Oct 2015 #22

Kick and a BIG Rec! hifiguy Oct 2015 #23

K and motherfucking R. How can we fight the TeaPubliKlans when we have to go through the Turd Way to TheKentuckian Oct 2015 #24

K&R friendly_iconoclast Oct 2015 #25

Kick rec Teamster Jeff Oct 2015 #26

Don't get so tripped out about an "alert". delrem Oct 2015 #28

Omaha Steve is taking a stand for all of us. Major Hogwash Oct 2015 #40

OK. MY apologies to OS, I was overzealous in my snarky worst. delrem Oct 2015 #63

Thank you. The line between the donations to the Clinton foundations and the AFT indicate JDPriestly Oct 2015 #29

The Big Blow shadowmayor Oct 2015 #30

We represent a lot of unions, including the USW. One of the big problems we have is Dustlawyer Oct 2015 #42

K&R! marym625 Oct 2015 #31

I hardly ever post. Scruffy1 Oct 2015 #34

Union for many generations, and that is why I back Clinton. McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #35

Sorry, but anyone who fumes about the "scandal ridden Clinton family" McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #36

And you didn't comment on the proven false OP about Bernie that started this Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #39

And shenanigans? Really? Truly? McCamy Taylor Oct 2015 #37

Apologies if you already know about this site nxylas Oct 2015 #38

There are at least a few of us that know unions very well Gman Oct 2015 #41

You were alerted on for using RW sources SecularMotion Oct 2015 #43

OK let us be fair Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #46

And your manufactured outrage over the AFT endorsing a Democrat says a lot, as well. SecularMotion Oct 2015 #50

Can't handle the truth? Omaha Steve Oct 2015 #51

You are aware that an ad hominem attack is a logical fallacy, correct? Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #54

You are aware your attack on David Brock is an ad hominem, right? SecularMotion Oct 2015 #56

Not so. Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #58

Your view of David Brock is not "widely shared" among Democrats. SecularMotion Oct 2015 #59

LOL. Admiral Loinpresser Oct 2015 #61

OS is the best union resource we have on the DU. TBF Oct 2015 #44

so let me get this straight dsc Oct 2015 #45

Respectfully IMHO, it is the alerter's fault for not looking in to the conversations and writings DhhD Oct 2015 #49

Adding this information: DhhD Oct 2015 #53

Good post, thank you! sabrina 1 Oct 2015 #60

As I recall the Weingarten Rule was reversed by the Bush NLRB stupidicus Oct 2015 #48

Bernie is beginning to sound a little like Trump from the other end of the spectrum. Let's start kelliekat44 Oct 2015 #52

Workers with AFT must have a living wage. In Trump states like Texas, where no teacher DhhD Oct 2015 #55

Thanks for all that you do my union brother RoccoR5955 Oct 2015 #57

The last person I expected to be alerted is Omaha Steve d_legendary1 Oct 2015 #62

Don't fuck with Omaha Steve! davidpdx Oct 2015 #64