Most parents are aware that teachers, no matter how bad, are almost impossible to get rid of. Most parents are not aware that unions, not schools nor parents, are the deciders of which teachers get hired. Unions have the power, not PTAs, school boards not school principles. Unions are in control and people that don't play their way are not people that will be part of public education.
Marine: Union bullying me to pay $500
State law requires certain public employees to join unions as a condition of employment or pay a so-called agency fee, which goes toward the cost of collective bargaining. But Godin said he shouldn’t have to pay the $500 fee because he receives no benefit from the local union. He provided a letter from the local union demanding he join or pay the fee by the school year’s end. Godin said in 14 years of teaching in Worcester public schools, he’s never been asked to pony up for the union.
If Godin has an out it is that he is employed by the US military, but really that isn't the question. How is it that unions have the power to demand payment whether one wishes to join or belong to a union no matter what. And, more importantly, who gave unions the power to fire people that don''t join their union? It is pitiful that a public school superintendent admits that the union has power over the employment of teachers.
Worcester schools superintendent Melinda J. Boone said she has asked the district school attorney to investigate a way to keep Godin on board, but added, “this is really a union matter.”
A union matter? Employment of teachers should be decided by those involved in educating the students not by some union thug that bullies individuals, schools, parents and the nation. The important lesson here is that unions can have a part in the process, but not a place over the process. They stink at what they do anyway and they are making education a joke.
