You mean the Unions DON’T want teachers to have more money?
Posted on May 7, 2008 at 12:55 pm by Eric Odom
The Evergreen Freedom Foundation is on this story like white on rice. According to the original EFF post, the teachers UNION refused a grant for 13.2 MILLION DOLLARS because the NMSI wanted to give the funds directly to the teachers.
Seattle schools were dealt a devastating blow today as a result of state-forced collective bargaining practices. A Dallas-based nonprofit, National Math and Science Initiative (NMSI), was prepared to award a $13.2 million grant to assist Seattle schools with their Advanced Placement programs in math and science, allowing students to earn college credit while still in high school
A full 22% of that grant money was to be merit-based pay to teachers who participate in the specified Advanced Placement programs – that’s $2,640,000!
The problem? NMSI wanted to pay the money directly to participating teachers, but Washington state law mandating collective bargaining between the UNIONS and school districts would not allow for such a pay scheme. Negotiations to resolve the conflicts between the grant and the law failed.
The EFF provides the scoop in this short video.
Who is the EFF? See Evergreen Freedom Foundation at Ballotpedia.org
May 7th, 2008 at 10:12 pm
Interesting. Once again, we see that collective bargaining benefits Unions more than their members and leaves our children in last place in education. Anyone wonder why America is having difficulty and been assassinated as a participant in the global economy. In theory there is nothing wrong with collective bargaining, if you are a willing participant. If you are not, you should have the right to opt out and do what you believe is right.