Themes include "Dues! Dues! Have you heard about dues?!"
Just to flag: this is why we can't tiptoe around dues. If we don't talk to our coworkers about dues, our bosses will.
Implied threats of termination coupled with a complete omission of what unions *do* do, which is raise wages and benefits across the board.
Presentations of unions as coercive, when in fact our working conditions are coercive when we don't have democratic infrastructure to negotiate our conditions in good faith.
Etc.
@REI: this website misrepresents workers unions and uses threatening language to discourage unionization. I'm an REI member and a unionized worker, and I strongly feel this website utterly fails to create a cooperative environment for your staff.
If you're one of the many Virginians who use social media regularly, you're probably suddenly seeing pro charterization advertisements. Linked here is the 990 of one of the organizations sponsoring these ads. Let's talk about it.
The "American Culture Project" is run by John Tillman, who expends large amounts of private funds to reduce public services nationally. He is based in Chicago. He wants to charterize Virginia Schools.
Why? The short hand is Tillman is part of a network of anti-tax anti-government corporate leaders who understand that strong schools *anywhere* are a threat to wealth consolidation everywhere. They use digital strategies to advance their work nationally.
The 1776 Commission Report has landed, and scholars with a range of areas of speciality are weighing in this week. I've been studying this curriculum since it launched in September. Here are some thoughts, with a focus on neoliberalism in preK-12 curriculum and policy.
I have taught in higher ed general education since 2001, full time since 2009. That's my area of formal expertise, but I have an additional interest in privatization in preK-12 public ed policy. You *cannot* study privatization without understanding white supremacy in education.
For a lot of people Betsy DeVos exemplifies this. The 1776 project is in some ways the apotheosis of her philosophy of education. That said, the Democratic party has invested deeply in DeVos's model, and has for decades.
I'm watching the GreenCity press conference. This site was purchased by the county in 2011 with the intent to use it as a government center. The site was literally flagged for public use, and will now be sold to developers.
"This particular story begins in the spring of 2020. After an attempt to locate in the city of Richmond, my office was asked if Henrico had a site suitable for such a unique economic development opportunity."
Lol to "unique." 😂
Props though to recognizing that Richmonders gave these developers the boot. We absolutely did.
In anticipation of our court date Tuesday, RPS has sent me some teacher retention data.
What did I get, what didn't I get, and what does it mean? A thread:
In March of this year I took RPS to court over their refusal to fulfill a FOIA request for district retention rates. That data is part of the assessments for our strategic plan; I had requested it twice in 2019 to no avail. RPS didn't show in court.
Good morning! It's another Saturday morning, which means that we're out at the Police Academy for the second meeting of the #NavyHillRVA commission. We're out in force but this morning I'm posting a different kind of picture: a screenshot of November 12th's City Council agenda.
Yup! You read that right. The coliseum is currently scheduled for a vote for November 12th. This is likely a continuance, and will be continued again. Currently @ParkerCAgelasto has proposed the Commission present its findings to council early January.
A November vote would both disregard the work of the commission and violate public trust in democratic process. But I digress. The committee is introducing its members. Everyone is present today.