Money above all. I bet this unionizing is about salaries and benefits, and now in light of COVID, about safety and health. It's easy to talk the talk and teach kids how important organizing is, but once your (the school's) money is seriously involved, you change the tune
The faculty and staff voted to unionize in May 2019. I've been impressed that they managed to get a wall-to-wall union (teachers, staff, custodial, cafeteria). A lot of private schools contract out cafeteria and custodial work to companies that are exploitative, and the faculty don't say anything. Glad to see that is not happening here.
I think unions have made the reopening of schools in this situation extremely tough. Private schools, like it or not, have to please their parent bodies. I'm sure there are many who did not want to be quoted who are happy. Private schools need to be more nimble than a union allows
@Anonymous That's actually not a bad comparison: HIV (now) is not fatal, but you have to go through some extra effort to stay healthy by taking meds.
For employers, unions aren't a death sentence but mean they have some extra accountability and can't just do whatever they feel like. That's... kind of the point.
I know a couple of parents at that school. They are exactly the type you would expect. "I'm ultra-liberal, but not liberal enough to send my kid to public school."
Is it the same one as this article? https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2020/09/04/brooklyn-friends-school-urged-to-end-union-busting-tactics
Yes - holy tone-deaf headmistress! Does she KNOW what Quakers stand for?
Money above all. I bet this unionizing is about salaries and benefits, and now in light of COVID, about safety and health. It's easy to talk the talk and teach kids how important organizing is, but once your (the school's) money is seriously involved, you change the tune
The faculty and staff voted to unionize in May 2019. I've been impressed that they managed to get a wall-to-wall union (teachers, staff, custodial, cafeteria). A lot of private schools contract out cafeteria and custodial work to companies that are exploitative, and the faculty don't say anything. Glad to see that is not happening here.
@anonymous well now they have none, right?
I think unions have made the reopening of schools in this situation extremely tough. Private schools, like it or not, have to please their parent bodies. I'm sure there are many who did not want to be quoted who are happy. Private schools need to be more nimble than a union allows
Many who are happy with what exactly? 80% voted FOR unionizing.
And yet in many countries, it is the norm for private schools to be unionized, and parents seem to cope with that.
Reminds me of the saying that unions are like condoms. If someone is trying to convince you you don't need one, you definitely need one.
For employers, unions are more like HIV
@Anonymous That's actually not a bad comparison: HIV (now) is not fatal, but you have to go through some extra effort to stay healthy by taking meds.
For employers, unions aren't a death sentence but mean they have some extra accountability and can't just do whatever they feel like. That's... kind of the point.
I know a couple of parents at that school. They are exactly the type you would expect. "I'm ultra-liberal, but not liberal enough to send my kid to public school."