Saturday, November 12th, 2011 at
12:07 am
Bob Channin, the NEA’s top lawyer said in his retirement speech:
“Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power.”
“And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year, because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees.”
“This is not to say that the concern of NEA and its affiliates with closing achievement gaps, reducing dropout rates, improving teacher quality and the like are unimportant or inappropriate. To the contrary. These are the goals that guide the work we do. But they need not and must not be achieved at the expense of due process, employee rights and collective bargaining. That simply is too high a price to pay.”
You can see the video here: http://nation.foxnews.com/culture/2011/02/23/teachers-union-big-wig-says-its-not-about-kids-its-about-power
Of course there will be all of those deniers that say since it’s on Fox it didn’t really happen. But video is video, wherever it comes from.
Friday, November 11th, 2011 at
12:12 pm
Friday, November 11th, 2011 at
7:48 am
My fiancee worked somewhere and during this time, his supervisor had a picture of a woman flashing the camera on his computer. My fiancee saw this picture and the supervisor said, “Oh, you didn’t see that!”
Then he was fired 2 weeks later. My fiancee didn’t want to report the picture while he was working there because he was afraid of losing his job. Obviously, that is not longer a concern.
How should we go about reporting this and filing a greivance against his former employer? Is there a case?
I know that pornography and the like is a 0-tolerance type of thing at this place, so this would be a good case, correct?
Friday, November 11th, 2011 at
12:50 am
I recently had to go home early from work to pick my child up from day care due to illness. I was just wondering if anyone knew anyway to get this as an excused absence. Not sure the FMLA or Medical leave rules.
Friday, November 11th, 2011 at
12:11 am
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at
12:51 am
I was awarded unfair dismissal by the UK Employment Tribunal, but I only received statutory pay due to my ex employer’s liquidation. The Judge awarded an amount in the knowledge that my ex employer was in liquidation at the time of the initial application and once the compensation was awarded I specifically asked the Judge if I would receive the full amount she awarded and she said “That is the amount I have awarded in your favour therefore that is how much you will receive”. I am a bit confused as when I received payment some months later I only received 10% of the award. My ex employer’s liquidator practicioners told me there was no more money left in the case therefore there was nothing else I can do. Any ideas what I should do next?
Thursday, November 10th, 2011 at
12:10 am
Wednesday, November 9th, 2011 at
7:50 pm
nothing for women.
I’ve worked at corporations where women were the majority and when a group of women get together they sound like a bunch of sailors, swearing and talking about men’s genitals and cutting co-workers up.
I’ve had women sit on my desk and often times touch me on my arm or shoulder. Other times after getting a buzz cut one girl would slide her hand up the back of my head.
How is it that women are so free to behave in any manner regardless if men want the attention or not, especially after women created a culture of fear and shame in the workplace?
I wouldn’t touch a woman in any way period at work even just to be friendly or goof around.
If I sat on a woman’s desk I can just see it know. Her in HR filing a complaint, “Yes, I felt intimidated, He degraded me and I was harassed.”
Further proof women are pretty crazy.
