Screwed By Teachers’ Unions

Seriously, at what point do we finally hold teachers’ unions accountable for what they did? They are not exempt from the damages to our society — now or in the future.

But it is strange that any sort of real accountability seems to be fleeting these days, especially from the powerful. All you have to do is declare yourself (or organization) a voting bloc and you receive protected status against all accountability.

Teachers’ unions are no friends of America. They siphon the power away from the people, rendering the rest of us serfs and slaves to the political power.

 

It has finally come out that Randi Weingarten, president of American Federation of Teachers, directly lobbied the CDC to keep schools closed. And now we know that CDC listened to them and actually used their own words in its guidance.

When do unions get to set school policy? When do they get to set national health policy? It doesn’t matter when they did it. It was wrong and our government cannot be used as a long arm for teachers’ unions over the safety and welfare of our children or public.

 

Powerful teachers union influenced CDC on school reopenings, emails show

By Jon Levine | May 1, 2021

NY Post

The American Federation of Teachers lobbied the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on, and even suggested language for, the federal agency’s school-reopening guidance released in February.

The powerful teachers union’s full-court press preceded the federal agency putting the brakes on a full re-opening of in-person classrooms, emails between top CDC, AFT and White House officials show.

The emails were obtained through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative watchdog group Americans for Public Trust and provided to The Post.

The documents show a flurry of activity between CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky, her top advisors and union officials — with Biden brass being looped in at the White House — in the days before the highly-anticipated Feb. 12 announcement on school-reopening guidelines.

“Thank you again for Friday’s rich discussion about forthcoming CDC guidance and for your openness to the suggestions made by our president, Randi Weingarten, and the AFT,” wrote AFT senior director for health issues Kelly Trautner in a Feb 1 email — which described the union as the CDC’s “thought partner.”

 

 

“We were able to review a copy of the draft guidance document over the weekend and were able to provide some initial feedback to several staff this morning about possible ways to strengthen the document,” Trautner continued. “… We believe our experiences on the ground can inform and enrich thinking around what is practicable and prudent in future guidance documents.”

/…  The AFT also demanded special remote work concessions for teachers “who have documented high-risk conditions or who are at increased risk for … COVID-19,” and that similar arrangements should extend to “staff who have a household member” with similar risks. A lengthy provision for that made it into the text of the final guidance.

https://nypost.com/2021/05/01/teachers-union-collaborated-with-cdc-on-school-reopening-emails/

Who in the hell is running this country? I think we know. Time for some serious accountability. The Biden administration claims this is leading by science.  I know, let the Mexican cartels run our border and immigration policy, too. Right, they already are.  

Swamp Science

Hillary wedded to Planned Parenthood, with union support

Now we can see that Hillary Clinton is clearly Planned Parenthood’s nominee of choice. She is by far the biggest beneficiary of PP money. Bernie Sanders gets a measly 500 dollars. Hillary 10,000 so far.

The president CEO of Planned Parenthood also has a well-worn path to the Obama White House too, logging visits to many prominent staff — meeting 5 times with Valerie Jarrett and 4 with David Plouffe. Remember that when Obama conjures up Ronald Reagan.

Washington Free Beacon

July 31, 2015 — Planned Parenthood pours cash into Clinton

On Thursday, the White House came to the defense of Planned Parenthood calling the stream of damning videos against the organization “fraudulent.” The talking points used by the White House came straight from Planned Parenthood itself.

Now, according to the visitor log, it was discovered that the president of Planned Parenthood has made 39 visits to the Obama White House since he’s taken office.

Read more

The dirty little secret is the money Planned Parenthood receives from unions. Apparently they aren’t shy about supporting a controversial organization amidst repulsive agendas.

Free Beacon “Unions Send Dues Money to Planned Parenthood”

Nearly half a million to top abortionist, mostly for political purposes

Three of the nation’s largest unions—the American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME), United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW), and Service Employees International Union (SEIU), contributed $435,000 to the nation’s largest abortion provider.

Almost all of that money was spent on political advocacy. AFSCME donated $400,000 to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, which spent about $1 million helping Democratic campaigns in 2014, according to the Center for Responsive Politics. UFCW categorized its $10,000 donation as political activity in federal labor filings. [More]

My how they all love giving to all causes political. Of course by political I mean Democrats. It appears that the other major side of Planned Parenthood, its political action fund, operate more like a slush fund for political fundraising. Speaking of fundraising.

Even the recent outrage over the exposure of the body parts agenda and political climate is just more fundraising opportunity for PP’s agenda. Using public outrage to raise money.

At least there’s no question who PP and the AFT teachers’ union endorse, president Randi Weingarten calling Hillary “champion of working families”.(based on?) Working families must love cronyism. It also means Hillary will be against “choice” for parents.

However, Weingarten’s premature endorsement of Clinton is one many union members would like to see aborted. The NEA is taking a more cautious look at candidates trying to avoid premature blowback. Therefore NEA’s surveys and talks with candidates are being kept deliberately secretive.

“O, what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive!” — Walter Scott