Teachers’ strike a black eye for community
Posted By Brandon Reid On April 18, 2012 @ 7:00 am In Letters to the Editor | 5 Comments
Once more, the Rockford teachers’ union has manipulated the teachers to do the union’s bidding. The strike is a black eye on the community. The best way for an organization to keep its power is to show off its power. Could not the teachers have voted from their respective schools via the Internet? The Coronado, indeed. Could they not have hired an arbitrator to settle the dispute?
Why didn’t we hear from the dozen teachers who were against the strike? I, for one, would like to know their reasons.
In the fall of 1972, my very first year of teaching, a strike was called. Being new and eager to get started, I went to my school to work on lesson plans. I promptly received threatening phone calls and letters. Frightened, I began to wonder if I had chosen an honorable career at all.
Herman Melville once ended a sad short story with the words, “Ah, humanity.” He was right.
Alice Kaczmarek
Rockford
From the April 18-24, 2012, issue
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