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Jung!
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Date Posted: 06:25:36 11/04/02 Mon
In reply to:
Ian (Oshkosh, WI)
's message, "The WEAC Party" on 18:44:15 11/03/02 Sun
So, rumor has it that there has been threat of a WEAC strike if the democratic candidate doesn't get elected. A couple of thoughts on this. First, that's obvious blackmail. Second, the very idea sets a horrible precendent; imagine organizations across the country doing this; no postal service is the current president isn't re-elected, etc. Personally, I would think that this tactic (a teacher's strike in Wisconsin is illegal also, I believe) would be such horrendous PR that it would surely backfire. A strike would, in my estimation, engender such anti-teacher sentiment that it would accomplish the opposite of the union's goal - it would probably result in anti-tax candidates getting elected to statewide offices and schoolboards across the state. Seems a dangerous risk to take espeically when the union's candidate is comfortably ahead in the polls!
As a member of one of the most powerful unions in the
>state of Wisconsin, I'm a little insulted by the sad
>irony of this recent governor's campaign. We have
>been inundated with pro-Jimmy, anti-Scotty propaganda
>from day 1, even before the primaries. Our union
>leadership (including Mr. Johnson, who has had the
>courtesy to call me on three occasions, along with
>every other teacher in the state at the same time!)
>seems to think that we, the TEACHERS, cannot make our
>own informed decision about our leadership. The
>OnWEAC news rag for this past month was (no
>exaggeration) 80% pro-Doyle propaganda, and a couple
>small articles about actual education of students,
>which is what we're really supposed to be doing. Will
>I vote for Doyle? Probably, and sadly it's the lesser
>of two evils thing at work. I'm not voting for Scotty
>just because I think he's a tool, but if Doyle doesn't
>follow through and dump the QEO, all this b.s. will be
>for nothing. I would not be surprised to see third
>parties pick up 15% of the statewide vote this Tuesday.
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