State employee unions

Post by **misanthropicskin** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:47 pm

In Virginia, teachers are not allowed to Unionize, have strikes, et cetera. The Police and Fire departments in Virginia, however, do have unions. Which leads me to the logical conclusion: the government cares less for the safety of the citizens than it does about brainwashing children.

Post by **WillWorkForBread** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 8:53 pm

well that's not necesarily true...

Post by **Fat Pat** » Thu Dec 15, 2005 11:13 pm

So.. the fact that they CAN unionize means that they care less about that particular industry? You think unions (in theory, at least) are a bad thing?

Post by **misanthropicskin** » Fri Dec 16, 2005 2:35 pm

Fat Pat wrote:So.. the fact that they CAN unionize means that they care less about that particular industry? You think unions (in theory, at least) are a bad thing?

I think they think Unions are a bad thing. I think teachers should be able to unionize. No one dies if teachers strike; kids just dont get brainwashed. Of course, i doubt cops and fire can strike. but it's a whats good for the goose is good for the gander -- either all state employees should have the right to unionize, strike, et cetera, or none. That they refuse to let teachers unionize, and people like Bill Bolling run with oppossition to teacher unions as a proud point of their platform, there must be something up with that...

Post by Ry » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:07 pm

ah we got around the teachers union thing in VA by calling it a living wage campaigne when in reality it was all teachers. Just a little gift I left my college with.

Post by **misanthropicskin** » Sat Dec 17, 2005 10:15 pm

Ry wrote:ah we got around the teachers union thing in VA by calling it a living wage campaigne when in reality it was all teachers. Just a little gift I left my college with.

my father's mother was a teacher in ft lauderdale. they weren't allowed to unionize or anything. they had to have a strike one time, but couldn't. so every teacher in the school quit on the same day. they all got hired back under their terms, so it was as good as a strike.

my mother is a spanish teacher in high school in va now. they get kicked around and whatnot and have no recourse. too many of them are pussy bitches and would back out if they tried to subvert the no-strike crap, and it'd fail.