The Strike is on!

 The Strike is On

 

What union president receives a salary greater than that of the President of the United States or the Governor of Maryland?  It is probably surprising but that union is the National Education Association or NEA.  The union that represents over 3 million teacher members.  It seems the folks that work for the Union believe that their employer has violated the rules and has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations Board.  It has also gone out on strike.

Employees for the Union have formed a union to protest the treatment they are receiving from the Union. 😅 The staff union say that the Union has wrongly halted overtime pay for holidays and it is contracting out over fifty million dollars worth of work that should have gone to full-time staff.  The NEA union calls for a strike when local school districts do that, now they are doing what they charge against others. 

The NEA is in a pickle.  Their convention was supposed to have been held this month.  Wanting to avoid the embarrassment of the NEA asking union members to cross a picket line of its own union workers, the NEA threatened to go to a virtual convention.   President Biden canceled his scheduled appearance.  Lots of delegates also canceled their intent to attend.

The Union itself has strayed from its stated intent of supporting education and teachers and has begun to engage in progressive political speak. Some Union members are demanding the NEA call for a cease fire in Gaza.  There is conflict between the Union, Union workers and Union members.

It is interesting to see the rank-and-file union workers calling out the well-paid Union bosses for collective-bargaining abuses.  The Union membership might be learning something about their leadership’s values when it comes to the leadership’s pocketbooks.  The President of the United States earns $400,000 a year.  The Governor of Maryland earns $150,000 a year.  But if you were president of the NEA, you would receive a salary of $495,787! And there are other perks too.

 Union employees are calling for fair labor relations.  Is no one worried about falling public schools?  No wonder The Strike is ON!