Ethereal
11-09-2014, 12:50 PM
How Eva Moskowitz Outmuscled the Teachers Union (http://reason.com/reasontv/2014/11/07/how-eva-moskowitz-outmuscled-the-teacher)
A charter school pioneer counters the political influence of organized labor.
Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein | November 7, 2014
http://youtu.be/iNSE_yVFmlM
In November 2003, Eva Moskowitz, then a freshman member of the New York City Council, held explosive public hearings about how union contracts imposed inane work rules on public schools. The city's political establishment was astonished.
Mosowitz—a former history professor, public school teacher, and self-proclaimed liberal, whose politics up until that point seemed to resemble those of every other Democratic politician in New York—was sacrificing her political career to take on organized labor. Exposing the consequences of teacher union contracts was a direct affront to the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), which wields enormous influence in New York City elections.
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Glad to see there are still some real liberals left in the democrat party who are not afraid to stand up to entrenched interests like teachers unions and bureaucracies.
School choice is one of the best things to happen to education in America's urban centers. The revolution cannot happen soon enough.
A charter school pioneer counters the political influence of organized labor.
Nick Gillespie & Jim Epstein | November 7, 2014
http://youtu.be/iNSE_yVFmlM
In November 2003, Eva Moskowitz, then a freshman member of the New York City Council, held explosive public hearings about how union contracts imposed inane work rules on public schools. The city's political establishment was astonished.
Mosowitz—a former history professor, public school teacher, and self-proclaimed liberal, whose politics up until that point seemed to resemble those of every other Democratic politician in New York—was sacrificing her political career to take on organized labor. Exposing the consequences of teacher union contracts was a direct affront to the United Federation of Teachers (UFT), which wields enormous influence in New York City elections.
CONTINUED...
Glad to see there are still some real liberals left in the democrat party who are not afraid to stand up to entrenched interests like teachers unions and bureaucracies.
School choice is one of the best things to happen to education in America's urban centers. The revolution cannot happen soon enough.