Everyone knows by now that Arne Duncan, US Secretary of Education visited a North Kingstown school on Nov. 2. The Providence Journal posted a video clip of NEARI’s president Larry Purtill welcoming everyone to that meeting. He took great pride in “hosting” this opportunity for educational support personnel to speak with Mr. Duncan about the state of public education, particularly in RI.
I found it ironic that Mr. Purtill and Mr. Duncan know very well the conflict between the union’s position on education reform efforts and Mr. Duncan’s “Race to the Top” yet everyone politely avoided those differences during that meeting. The “Race to the Top” provides huge financial incentives to school systems that implement educational reforms to improve student achievement.
Certainly there is a time and place for everything. But, given the dire economic circumstances in our state and the generally mediocre performance of our public school students, one would have thought that “getting to the heart of the matter” may have provided more meaningful discussion.
For example, the US Department of Education is imploring school systems to take steps necessary to have highly qualified teachers in every classroom, to evaluate teachers’ performance in a meaningful way and to be accountable for the achievement levels of our students. Those reform measures include a pay for performance system. They include significantly more instructional time.
The RI Board of Regents has responded with reform efforts that will help school departments. Commissioner Gist has notified every school department in RI that a new process of filling classroom vacancies must be in place by July, 2010. The process mandates that seniority may no longer play the pivotal role it has for so many years in our school departments. That certainly creates a solid foundation to achieve Mr. Duncan’s long-overdue educational goals.
The East Providence School Department has already recognized the research-based reform measures that will, over time, directly improve our students’ achievement levels.
That “Race to the Top” has already begun in East Providence.
But, what about the irony I mentioned?
Well, with “Race to the Top” funding the East Providence School Department will have increased financial resources that will directly impact our students’ needs over the long haul. The East Providence School Department is precisely the example that RI needs to “win” those funds; funds that are awarded only for actually running a school department that is student-centered.
Yet, NEARI continues to dig in their heels. They refer to our East Providence School Department as a “rogue” district, a precedent-setting school district that they fear, in their words, “other school districts will follow.”
Their interest appears to only be about the money. Not the students. This became very clear when they lobbied the General Assembly for binding arbitration and perpetual contracts. So much for education reforms. Their only interest seems to be in maintaining the status quo.
I wonder if Mr. Purtill has told Mr. Duncan about NEARI’s lobbying efforts.
this certainly clarifies the starkly different agendas; unions are not for the kids.
This certainly clarifies Fat Tony Carcieri's agenda-he has no intention of engaging in good faith negotiation with the teachers union-his only agenda is to try and shove his twisted ideas down the union's throat, and give the union no other option than to pursue the matter in court, while all the time lining the pockets of his buddy Dan Kinder to the tune of almost ONE MILLION DOLLARS of the taxpayers money.
This proves that Secretary Duncan knows that in order to get the needed TRUE reforms for our education system he has engaged the leadership of the 2 big teacher unions.
WORKING TOGETHER!!! Showing each other respect!
NOT saying that teachers are living "high on the hog". Imposing salary and benifit cuts! Or using bullying tactics to force teachers to sign possibly illeagle documents to obtain health benifits.
Way to go Tony, the great irony is that you have proven that Sec. Duncan, and Comissioner Gist are head and shoulders above you in knowing the task at hand and how to get the job done.
So, why did NEA and AFT delegates "boo" Duncan at their respective annual summer conventions?
and smartenup your source is????
AND Just why would these "hateful" "anti-education" Unions invite Sec. Duncan in the first place??? And why would he accept???
As I said, WORKING TOGETHER< AND SHOWING RESPECT FOR EACH OTHER!!!
Not the Carceiri way.
"his pay and benefits were definitely sub-standard when compared with state and municipal workers-in my opinion, he made a rather unwise career choice going with federal as opposed to state (Rhode Island) or municipal (East Providence) employment."
ANOTHER QUOTE BY 'union-teacher"
FOLKS, DOES THIS TELL YOU THE STORY REGARDING THE "UNION" OUTLOOK ON LIFE?
GET RID OF ALL UNION SUPPORTERS AND UNION ENDORSED POLITICIANS, THE SOONER THE BETTER.
YOU AIN'T EVER GONNA BEAT US"
BECAUSE "US" IS NOW THE TAXPAYERS
BECAUSE "US" IS THE "FED-UP" GENERAL PUBLIC
Source:Education Week, Washington Post, AP: unions 'booed' fed sec of education for insisting on ed reforms that are NOT just about increasing salaries for mediocre results.
Don't be naive: Duncan must and should make public appearances with union leaders but that does NOT change the fact the union leadership has NOT embraced ed reforms that have been documented for GENERATIONS to be effective in improving students performance.
"YOU AIN'T EVER GONNA BEAT US"
BECAUSE "US" IS NOW THE TAXPAYERS
BECAUSE "US" IS THE "FED-UP" GENERAL PUBLIC
CUT AND PASTE, BLAH,BLAH,BLAH
COME NEXT NOVEMBER LARIS, CUSACK, CARCEIRI, SANTOS, FARIA, PERRY ...et al
WILL ALL BE HISTORY, A MOMENTARY BUMP ON THE ROAD TO A BETTER EAST PROVIDENCE!!!
TOWNIE PRIDE WILL WIN OUT
Binding Arbitration in Connectiucuit:
from 2002-2005: there were 410 teacher contracts negotiated, only 10% (42) went to arbitration!
Of the 1,313 Municipal Union Contracts negotiated, only 4 %(57) went to arbitration.
These are HARD FACTS
And prove that BINDING ARBITRATION is not the financial death of our cities and towns.
This school committee and city council are the best we have ever had. They don't bow to the unions as was the case in the past. We don't need binding arbitration to dictate what the taxpayer is going to pay. That's why we have elected officials. At least this group of city council and school committee members realize the taxpayers are all tapped out, and have no more money to spare. The bloodsucking unions won't be satisfied until they make this place a ghost town. Then who will pay for your demands?
If we go backwards to the old ways, we will continue to slide into the blackhole that the unions have created.
The last thing we need is a Paulie Moura, and his ilk, having anything to do with this city. He was in a featured story in americanmafia.com in 2006, need I say more. The unions are just mad they don't rule the city anymore. Finally, something to be proud about, a city for all, not just the few.
Responce to taxpayerEP
Response to those Supporting and touting Connecticut’s Binding Arbitration Thought you should read this. Before you want it here.
BINDING ARBITRATION LAWS COULD BANKRUPT CONNECTICUT!
May 11, 2009 Press Conference, hosted by Connecticut State Representative Arthur O’Neill
Mike Guarco who heads the Connecticut Municipal Consortium for Fiscal Responsibility.
The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations
As municipalities struggle to find the money to support their budgets they are faced with the realization that 85% or more of local property taxes are dedicated to supporting union salaries and benefits, which are, in turn, driven by State Binding Arbitration laws. They also struggle with the fact that many management rights, due to Binding Arbitration, have been transferred to the unions. From the unions dictating the size of classrooms, to the control of town cars, to the number of fire stations which must remain open, to the work schedule of police which results in the build up of overtime which is factored into their pensions, neither the Governor nor town officials can control their budgets or the taxes we pay until Binding Arbitration Laws are reformed.
Minimum funding requirements to local Boards of Education are due to sunset in 2009. However, this funding requirement may be extended by the legislature which could explain why many teachers unions have refused to give concessions even though many of their students are witnessing the effect of unemployment in their own households.
When Governor Rell introduced her budget with no tax increase she asked the State Legislature to give her what she and town leaders needed in this economy to control their budgets and their personnel. The Governor asked for reform of State Binding Arbitration Laws. She asked specifically for, and I quote: Suspension of binding arbitration requirements for two years while we confront our economic troubles. At the end of the two-year suspension, I propose that we limit mandatory subjects of binding arbitration to salaries and benefits only.
The Federation believes that many more reforms to Binding Arbitration must be made but we endorse what the Governor has requested as an initial effort toward reform. The Governor also asked the Democrat-controlled State legislature to reject the $86 million contract for 5200 state employees driving some salaries to a 6% increase in wages.
As we stand here today, all three of Governor Rell’s requests have been ignored by the Democrat-controlled legislature. The 5200 member union got their raise and her two proposed reforms to Binding Arbitration have been ignored.
With the Federal government sending Connecticut $745 million for education and millions more for other projects, more government employees will be hired and fall under union contracts. There is an obvious concern when this federal money is depleted as some ask the question - Who will fund these new hires? The answer is simple – local and state taxpayers!
Binding Arbitration laws exert an unhealthy power by government sector unions over taxpayers and those public officials who are not intimidated by the unions and actually want to do the jobs they were elected to do. The Governor attempted to do her job – she produced a no tax increase budget but wanted help from the legislature through binding arbitration reform. Without the two year suspension of binding arbitration laws as requested by the Governor, the end result was the State unions receiving a no layoff guarantee for two years while the state anticipates a near $8 Billion deficit for 2010-11.
Taxpayers, the Governor, and the CEO’s of the 169 towns are held hostage to union contracts. Either the wage increases are paid or our officials are forced to go back to the bargaining table and give the unions what they want. And who wouldn’t want to be guaranteed their job. But this guarantee is at the taxpayers’ expense, many of whom do not have jobs and couldn’t comprehend expecting their employer to give them a no layoff guarantee.
And there is much to fear for our State, our towns and our families, many of whom have lost their jobs, their homes and their savings. The losses in the housing market are now being seen in the commercial market. General Growth Properties, which filed for bankruptcy, owns the Buckland mall and malls throughout the country. As commercial bankruptcies and home foreclosures escalate, the impact on sales taxes, property taxes, state income taxes and other taxes and fees will be significant. The loss of those taxes will come at a time when the greatest cost of government will grow as wage increases will have to be paid to State government sector unions who agreed to limited concessions while receiving a two year no layoff guarantee.
So as the scale tilts with less money coming to the State and the State having to pay more, what will the end result be? Could it be less money going to towns which will, in turn, have to raise property taxes! Or will state officials have to raise taxes if their collection rates cannot be sustained. And if the towns and the state cannot find the money they need to keep the engines of government running, with their greatest cost being state and town employee salaries and benefits governed by binding arbitration, then what?
With the economy continuing to plummet, mounting job losses affecting the payment of state and local taxes, and a two year no-lay off clause for state employees as the state’s debt continues to climb, Connecticut and some of the 169 towns in the State could be brought to the edge of bankruptcy. Ironically, the end result would be dissolution of public sector union contracts.
The Federation of Connecticut Taxpayer Organizations encourages State legislators to reform State Binding Arbitration laws as the Governor has proposed. We ask local elected officials and taxpayers throughout the State to phone or email their state representatives and tell them that without Binding Arbitration reform it will be impossible to limit the growth of government spending and control property taxes.
In conclusion, I would reflect upon the past to demonstrate the effects of Binding Arbitration today. When elected Mayor in 1989, under a strong mayor form of government, I refused the Mayor’s car. I then instructed town personnel to find another means of transportation to and from home as they could no longer rely on town cars. I was grieved by the unions. I thought for sure I would win as this condition was not included within their union contract. But I was wrong. I lost based on Past Practice. If a union is allowed to do something long enough outside the realm of their contract, they have earned the right to continue the practice according to arbiters. The effects of that arbitration decision rendered several years ago are being felt today by towns which are trying to take their taxpayer owned vehicles back from the unions. In order to get them back, they must return to the bargaining table and agree to give the unions something in return.
Jack
You're the first one to criticize binding arbitration Jack, but the first to support it for the firefighters-guess we know where your bread is buttered. Jack "Do as I Say-Not as I Do" B.
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Again you dont read anything though it is quite obvious by the post above on binding i'm against use your brain and read rather than assuming as always.
Seek professional help you need it.
Jack
CT. says no more bindng arbitration.
This article smply and clearly illustrates the difference between the union's agenda and the federal sec. of ed. agenda. Interstesting that the unions deliberately weakened the NCLB Act to prevent ensuring highly qualified teachers in every classroom.
Binding arbitration has saved the state of Connecticut millions of dollars in legal fees, and has allowed the teachers to concentrate doing what they do best-educate the students. The only ones who are against binding arbitration are the lawyers who charge astronomical amounts of money to settle labor disputes.
Itis a matter of record that the teacher unions deliberately weakened the NCLB Act to prevent ensuring that highly qualified teachers are in every classroom.
Binding arbitration always increases long term costs, binding arbitration never reduces expenses.
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Yea right thats why the governor and the state senator above want to get rid of it because the law in C.T. is now bankrupting the State. The Union Leadership was nice for the first few years then hammered the State creating a fiscal Nightmare. Yea right it works only to screw the Taxpayers period.
Get Profession help you need it.
Jack
Very very True Smartenup has never worked anywhere and manadtory binding bankrupts town,cities and states, screwing the taxpayer everytime.
Jack
I would much rather spend my tax dollars on quality education and fair wages for unionized teachers than to pay the salaries, benefits and pensions of the Newport Navy Base Fire Dept., when you could get a bunch of scab volunteers to come in and do the job for free.
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Ha ha ha Thats the way to treat Union members you say you love so much. By the way they can be replaced anytime with military firefighters but it cost more.
(eewwt) You need Professional help.
Jack
I want to spend my money on qualty education, too! How ironic that the unions weakened the NCLB Act to prevent highly qualified teachers from being in every classroom.
SMARTENUP what was it that the unions did to weaken NCLB. By the way the NCLb was screwed up from the get go. As a policy is was a joke and perhaps it needed to be tweeked.
JACKB what does EEWWT mean.
Obviously you couldn't see the sarcasm in my last post Jack-I'm proving how you talk out of both sides of your mouth-I support ALL unionized employees, whether they're teachers, firefighters, police officers, or otherwise. You only support the unions that benefit YOU. Like I said Jack, you have much more in common with Jailbird Joe Sousa and Dan Gordon, than you do with a true union member. You're a union member in name only-and that's about it.
And by the way Jack, I've represented many useless union members like you over the years. The ones who don't attend union meetings, pickets, and wouldn't give a union supporing legislator a dime in camaign money, but when it comes to reaping the benefits of union membership, they're first in line with their hand out. Or in your case, the ones who benefit from the unions all through their career until the day they retire, and then stick it up the union's a#% every chance they get.
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Wow intelligent statements and many lies again guees its in your genetic make up though thats still no excuse. Everyone can change though I doubt you will, your just to full of yourself. I didnt know the Current Union Leaderships you know even had A's as you call them I was always under the impression that stuff only comes out of yours and theit mouths. Hmm wonders never cease to amaze me, what a world.
You need to get Professional help.
Jack
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(eewwt) is How U.T. Is prononced he does not deserve to be called any kind of educator it is an insult to educators everywhere. hense forth called (eewwt) since he needs Professional help.
Jack
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I'll be damed you got some right my name is on all the awards I've been given By the local and the internatinal It does say Union Member and then my name huh never noticed that thanks for a truthfull statement, this course doesn't reconcile all your other blabbering.
You need to get Professional help.
Jack
As I've told you before Jack, in my many years of representing union members all over the state, you always have a few bad apples such as yourself. They suck up all the pay, benefits, and pension (kind of like you at the Navy Base Fire Dept.), but badmouth and stick it to the union every chance they get. Once again Jack, refuse your fire department union pension, and start badmouthing the fire deartment unions, and maybe somebody will take you seriously. Until then, just keep on bashing the teachers union, because in your eyes teacher bashing seems to be the popular thing to do these days, and you want to become as popular as you can on this website.
response to (eewwt)
As usual more lies after lies after lies. Only been bashing Union Leadership and management,politicians and of course you since its so easy with your unintelligent, non common sense, vile and cruel remarks to people who post here
You need to get Professional help.
Jack
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By the way your responces on Union members who who use the right of free speech to disagree with Union policies is STALINISTIC. hardly very American to support that mans views. wow
You need to get Professional help
Jack
Oh I see, so now you're saying it's the union leaders who are the problem-not the union members like yourself. If you remember Jack, you made a post a while back about how you worked hand in hand with Frank Montanaro for many years, and what a great guy Frank was. But remember Jack, Frank plays hardball with the cities, towns, and the state-always did-always will. He's the type of union leader I respect-not a two faced self proclaimed union leader who bashes union leadership any chance he gets. Remember Jack, if it were not for union LEADERSHIP, police officers, school teachers, and even FIREFIGHTERS such as yourself would be making slave labor wages, working 90 hours per week, and not getting pensions. But that's right Jack-you don't think union members should enjoy any of those benefits-as long as you're fat and happy with your pension, why should you care about your union brothers and sisters?
And seeing that I have a little bit of time Jack, let me give you a little example of union members sticking together (something you would know very little about). I was involved with assisting a fire department in contract negotiations, when I was told by a union representative of a union member from that department who was scabbing himself in another department that augmented their paid personnel with scabs (volunteers). This idiot was not only making his union look bad, but he was taking away jobs from union members in the other department. I'm proud to report the offender had some unexpected "car trouble", which caused him to think about the damage he was doing to 2 unions at the same time, and he immediately resigned from the scabs after his "car trouble". It just goes to show you what can be accomplished with a little bit of union solidarity Jack, and when I mean solidarity, I'm talking about ALL unions working together-police, firefighters, teachers, and public works.
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Again you post lies after lies. Actually if you opened your eyes and quit seeing only what you want to see I have been talking only about the last decade Of leadership of every Union in this state that has gone off the deep end, to include Politicians and management. So again lying consistantly as you always do you prove how inept you are at anything obviouly.
You need to get Professional help
Jack
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Now you admit your a criminal, and mafia like intimidation also real intelligent of you to destroy someones property for only working to support their family. Way to treat a Union Member and prove my truth about Union leadership and the unintelligent helpers like yourself.
You are very forunate you did not get caught but then again I sure you support beatings and threats against family members of people you do not agree with. If you would destroy someones property for disagreeing with you then you are one sick person.
You need to get Professional Help
Jack
Oh I see-it's only the last 10 years that have been bad-everything was ok prior to that? Hmmmmm.....last I checked Frank Montanaro has been the president of the AFL-CIO and the State Firefighters Union for the past 10 years. I guess he's no good then? Or is it just the teachers that you dislike Jack? It seems like you bash the teachers every chance you get, but you never complain about the firefighters. I wonder if that has anything to do with the pension check you get every month from the fire department?
I didn't destroy someone else's property-all I did was give you an example of how things can get accomplished when union brothers and sisters stick together. I'm not a member of that profession-I had only been retained by them to assist them in contract negotiations. It appears this union member needed some "persuasion" to stop scabbing himself and hurting fellow union members. And interestingly enough, a couple of years after that incident the scabs in that particular city with pressure from the union were disbanded, and everyone was all the better for it. Problem identified-"persuasive" action taken-problem eliminated. Doesn't get much more simple than that.
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Havn't seen frank in over ten years and he was helpfull when I was in the Union Leadership back then. As for now well you allready know the rest since I retired. You just dont get it or read it so again you lie about Teachers and everything So for the 1000th time I complain about the leadership in Unions, politicians, and management.
You need to get Professional help
Jack
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"I'm proud to report the offender had some unexpected "car trouble", which caused him to think about the damage he was doing to 2 unions at the same time, and he immediately resigned from the scabs after his "car trouble"
Your words not mine Sure sounds like you were involved in it so dont deny it oh wait a minute you dont.
You need Professional help
Jack
Jackkb says:
response to (eewwt)
Again you post lies after lies. Actually if you opened your eyes and quit seeing only what you want to see I have been talking only about the last decade Of leadership of every Union in this state that has gone off the deep end, to include Politicians and management.
Well there it is Jack-you said it yourself-the last decade of leadership of every union in the state, and that would include your buddy Frank Montanaro, president of the RI AFL-CIO. I guess he was a good guy when you needed him, but once you were done using him, he's now a bum.
You contradict yourself almost as often as Joe Larisa and Tony Carcieri-and they're masters at that type of behavior. Why don't you just admit that you're a union hater Jack-plain and simple.
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Pointless
You Need to get Professional help
Jack
Well Jack, I can say with 100% certainty I was not involved in the "car trouble", but I will say I was happy about it. It made a confused union member realize that scabbing is not a good idea, and the "car trouble" served it's purpose. Sometimes union members need to be "counseled", and this appears to be one of those occasions.
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Pointless you new about a crime or were involved which is what you insinuate in you post and didnt have the decentcy to report it that make you as guilty in any case and a person of no character what so ever.
You Need to get Professional help
Jack
Wow Jack-Great comeback-"pointless" and "you need to get professional help" (posted for the 50th time). Are you sure you were actually a union rep Jack? I'm sure management must have loved you-a do nothing union rep in their back pocket.
Like I said before Jack, you flip flop on everything, and make yourself look like a fool in the process. From what I can see, you would be more suited to be Joe Larisa's campaign manager than a union rep. Stick with management Jack-you're much better suited for it.
Actually Jack, I applauded the union members for taking care of that situation-it was just unfortunate that the union member who scabbed himself had to learn his lesson in this manner. From what I was told, the membership gave him ample warning before they had to take more aggresive action to curtail the undesirable behavior.
Anyway Jack, this back and forth banter between you and I is all fine and dandy, but I have to leave work early today for a prior committment. Don't forget to thank the union when you get your pension check this month. Have a great night!
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Pointless
You need to get Professional help
Jack
This idiot has just admitted to aiding and abetting a crime.
The East Bay News has an obligation to notify the State Police Department and give them this man's true identity and transcripts.
Got that right maybe if enough people reported it as Inappropriate content it would happen. Be nice to see this guy get what he deserves acting like that.
Jack
Keep up the good work, Tony. You know you're doing well when the enemy (corrupt, greedy teachers unions) step up the bitterness of their hate campaign.
To the other posters on this article: I'm disappointed to see that you can't resist taking the bait dangled by that union troll. I think you're hopeless. If only you knew how playing his game undermines your own credibility.
To East Bay: It amazes me that you don't have the guts to delete posts that contain nothing more than infantile insults. Perhaps I should buy your company?
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Hmm seeing an idiot post the most outlandish crap can be quite funny at times and him posting criminal activity that he was involved in is even better. By the way you calling everyone else hopeless is kind of elitest don't you think. Your normally pretty much on target with your post at times. By the way buy the Company is also pretty funny ;-}
Jack
>>>To East Bay: It amazes me that you don't have the guts to delete posts that contain nothing more than infantile insults. Perhaps I should buy your company?
Go ahead and be our guests........but that $50 you have in savings probably won't do it.
Also, pretty clueless to expect people to clean up after all the folks here......they make nothing for doing so. If you feel so strongly, donate some money to them so they can afford a full time moderator.
Jack, this is not the first time Paul has talked about strong arm tactics. I learned about the city council men who they threatened to get him to vote for a contract.These thugs need to be put out of work .I think the mayors in Providence county will make the changes soon.Hopefully they privatize the ambulance service.The legislation is filed for the next session, people need to support it.
Like I said before Jethro I dont really know who this person is but personally so I cant say. However to admit to either aiding and abeting a crime or knowingly not reporting it when involved with the organization of people that commited it.
Not to mention the extortion and intimidation tactics of the act are so illegal it surprised the hell out me he would even say it in writing in public on this forum. The post he made after it trying to get out of what he said speaks volumes as to him knowing he should have not posted it. But to late now whats done is done and if it bites him he has no-one to blame but himself.
I still think he needs Professional help though and I'm serious about that, his post are so out there with heartless comments and vile language is not normal for anyone.
Jack
I have been reading his posts for over a year ,nothing surprises me.I've learnd that it has gone on for years in Providence. Starting in the mayors office Buddy C. and working down through the ranks.The city is a sewer,it's full of rats that feed off each other.
I told you about the over time games that cost the taxpayers tens of thousands.Almost all of the fire fighters partisapate in it, calling in sick so another can work at overtime rate then filling in at over time when the next person calls in sick. If your a fire fighter, and you don't want to get involved, you get the talk.You know what that means.
Unions said no to fed. ed. policy that requires highly qualfied teachers be fairly distributed among disadvantaged and minority students by federal ed. policy:NCLB. Unions insisted that the law NOT contain any provision that would effect classroom assignments by seniority which is THE barrier to meeting the requirement.
I must say I am disgusted with Union Teacher. You don't know Jack personally, I do. He was the secretary of the union for 20 years. After he was told by his dr. that it was too stressful, he stopped. However, he was always there when they needed him until the day he retired and after. When you are a Federal Firefighter there really is no Union that works for you, because you work for the Federal Government. You can't negotiate your pay, only other things. You work 24 hours on, 24 hours off. Once every 2 weeks you’re off 3 days in a row, every 3 months 5 days in a row. Hard when you are raising a family. Mandatory Overtime. You have no choice. Work holidays continuously. Wake your kids up for years on Christmas morning at 5 am because Daddy has to go to work.
Remember when President Regan fired the air traffic controllers. The same thing would happen with the Federal Firefighters. You can't strike, like teachers do, even though it's against the law and I have never seen action taken against teachers. One of my best friends is a teacher. It is an important job. But at this point, they should be paying for health care benefits like everyone else does.
You try being a firefighter/paramedic. Run into burning buildings when everyone else is running out. Have to do Rescue calls to Navy personnel that do stupid things, like playing around, setting fires off in closets at 3am on a cold winter morning. Comes for foolishness. Someone else could have a more serious problem. The way to solve it, make them all come out of the building in their underwear. Never happened again. Jack has lots of stories. Union leader, I am appalled at the way you speak to Jack. You know nothing about him. He is a good man, good father and was a good firefighter. Federal firefighters can't tell you what happened on the job. But once in a while you see something in the Npt. Daily news. Torpedo explodes. Navy woman sets library on fire. Would you be able to handle that situation, or the other situations that we are never told about because it is the GOVERNMENT and they put a lid on it? Have to tell a parent their child is dead. Think about union leader. You know nothing about Jack. I’ve been a good friend for years. He’s a good man. And you should just SHUT UP!
jack didn't write above. I just used his screen name.
Never leave your computer signed in to a forum and then get up and take a nap when friends are in the house LOL
Jack
This is getting really weird.
Hey Jack at least they didn't put lipstik on you, while you slept.Never pass out at a party.Not that it ever happend to me,realy never did.
Or maybe you should check in the mirror ha ha
I have finished my PI work where I investagated Jackkb
Jack is, who he said he is, making him one of the few who are not afraid to post his beliefs, and stand behind them.I found out that he did and lived every thing that he posts on this blog.It's good to see there are stand up people in our state who are willing to tell the tyrant, he is wearing no clothes.I look foward to shaking your hand when we meet face to face.
Joe S.
Where are my clothes Is a little wet today you know. All I have on is lipstick that I cant seem to get off by the way. Why would someone do that to a person sleeping is beyond me. I cant even see when the sun is over the yardarm today so I can have a Becks Dark man where is the sun or at least why isn't this snow. My huskies what to go a wassaling. LOL
Jack
Hey, Jethro....investigate this!
(mooning the screen as I type)........
Just joshing you Jethro............ now you can go back to protecting the people. I'm gonna count all the money I am making because of the Bush and Obama tax cuts.
Hmm i thought I was weird but is it just me or is the whole world getting weird LOL
Jack
Yes, it's you! And the whole world as well. :-)
then again I been told I am not from this world so must defer to you exalted literal opinion.
