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Principal, administrator unions rising steadily since COVID
January 15, 2025 // AFSA is affiliated with the AFL-CIO. Meanwhile, school systems in cities like San Francisco, Washington, D.C., and New York City created supplemental COVID agreements during negotiations with principals and alongside their school leader unions, he said. “In those supplemental COVID agreements, the principals were able to work out a number of issues, very similar to what the teachers were able to work out,” Treibitz said. “So post-COVID, we started getting a lot more calls” from school administrators from a wide variety of districts inquiring how to unionize, he said.
OPINION: WHEN TEACHERS’ UNIONS BECOME MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE TEACHERS THEY REPRESENT
April 6, 2023 // Union leaders often use their influence to protect the interests of veteran teachers who’ve been reliably paying dues to the union for many years, while newer, less experienced teachers — whose loyalty can’t simply be assumed — are left to fend for themselves. This is particularly evident when it comes to issues such as salary negotiations, promotions and even job security. Union leaders are notoriously more focused on protecting the interests of their most senior members, even if it means throwing young teachers under the school bus. Moreover, organized labor pioneered the use of propaganda, and modern unions have raised the use of deceitful rhetoric to a high art form. Union leaders often use propaganda to rally their members around certain issues or to promote their own interests. They use persuasive language to create a sense of solidarity among union members, even if when it’s built on a foundation of lies and intimidation. One of the most insidious forms of union propaganda is the notion that teachers are always under attack from external forces, such as politicians or school administrators.
TEENS ARE MISSING OUT ON JOBS. AND YOUR STATE COULD BE TO BLAME
April 18, 2022 // Research shows that teenagers who work for even a single year have incomes that are 14% to 16% higher in their 20s, and working for several years multiplies the benefits. Teenage work also leads to decreased drug use and increased graduation rates. And then there are the intangible benefits that accompany work. Keeping a schedule, getting along with co-workers, learning personal strengths and weaknesses – the sooner teenagers learn these skills, the better.