Had a little conversation with AFT President Randi Weingarten on the Twitter.
Randi wrote yesterday:
This is a dark day 4 the people of Detroit who worked hard,played by the rules & are at risk of losing everything: http://t.co/5hZmQlyj1k It
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) December 4, 2013
To which I replied:
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher Illinois too. Maybe labor should forgo seat at table, fight neo-liberals?
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher But that would take a union leadership not on take from neo-liberals
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
To which Randi replied:
@perdidostschool @BAT_teacher-just fyi-ALEC has found ways to create this kind of friction in unions-so we don't have the unity we need..
— Randi Weingarten (@rweingarten) December 4, 2013
To which I replied:
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher ALEC isn't creating friction - your "solution-based unionism" policies are
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher Remember the Teacher Data Report deal you signed off on w/ Chris Cerf? That's one...
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher then there was signing off on RttT, agreeing to use test scores/VAM for evals - that's two
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher Allowing the insanity of Danielson to be used for observations - that's three
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher pushing merit pay Baltimore, Newark and elsewhere - that's four
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
@rweingarten @BAT_teacher You fool nobody by blaming ALEC, Randi - your record of sell outs is remembered in NYC
— realitybasededucator (@perdidostschool) December 4, 2013
I could have gone on, but she - and you - get the point.
She's talks a good game about supporting workers.
But time after time, she - and the heads of so many other unions - have made deals that have sold workers and union members down the river.
She likes to make believe this stuff never happened.
But we - the people who have been sold out by her "solution-based unionism" policies - are not going to let that happen.
Sweet sassy molassey! That was good!
ReplyDeleteOwn it, Randi.
Yeah, she wants people to forget her complicity.
DeleteWhat's ALEC?
ReplyDeletehttp://www.alecexposed.org/wiki/ALEC_Exposed
DeleteShe's using it as the bogeyman. Reality is, unions have helped drive privatization too.
Randi Weingarten and the AFT is on Bill and Melinda Gates payroll. That tells you all you need to know about her.
ReplyDeleteI actually tweeted that to her the other day - she was calling for a defense of public education. I said "Great, start by giving back the $11 million in Gates cash you took."
DeleteFew people in this world are as full of shite as she is. I think it's important to tell it to her face over and over and over.
And it's fun, cuz' she responds. So you know it bothers her!
Makes sense when you tweet with a twit like Randi.
ReplyDeleteRBE. Let us all keep telling Rand and Mulgrew that they are full of shit. Be up front and polite, offer a tissue so they can wipe the shit off their shit eating grins.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. No name calling, just fact after fact after fact.
DeleteI assume that after you cited five examples, there was no reply.
ReplyDeleteNot last time I looked, nope.
DeleteShocking.
DeleteI am impressed Reality! Thanks for remembering us in Newark!
ReplyDeleteBravo! You threw reality and facts in her face. All union members that feel betrayed by Randi and her "solution-based unionism" should tweet her the same responses you sent.
ReplyDeleteWhere are her defenders? Where is anyone besides the deformers themselves who think any of this crap is good? Like Norm has always said... not what they say... but what they do!
ReplyDeleteFabulous... I have sparred with Randi via Twitter a few times myself and I happen to enjoy each and every time. Mostly because, she most often replies, and usually gives her double talk.
ReplyDeleteKeep following her twitter account.. :)
You forget to add ATRs--that's 5. Given up our parking permits--that's 6. Extended time where none of the guide lines were followed--That's 7. Open Market--that's 8
ReplyDeleteEndorsing Common Core--that's 9. Forming an alliance with Gates--that's 10. Mulgrew's supporting of Pearson taking over teacher certification in NYS--that;s 11. Endorsing InbBloom--that's 12 and finally Not allowing UFT rank and file to vote of important negotiations---priceless!!