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08-14-2010, 10:06 PM
The United Federation of Teachers fired one of their own for trying to form a union within the union. This is nothing more than union hypocrisy at it's best, it seems that the union's are good for everyone except for the unions themselves.
In a move of stunning hypocrisy, the United Federation of Teachers axed one of its longtime employees â for trying to unionize the powerful labor organizationâs own workers, it was charged yesterday.
Jim Callaghan, a veteran writer for the teachers union, told The Post he was booted from his $100,000-a-year job just two months after he informed UFT President Michael Mulgrew that he was trying to unionize some of his co-workers.
âI was fired for trying to start a union at the UFT,â said a dumbfounded Callaghan, who worked for the unionâs newsletter and as a speechwriter for union leaders for the past 13 years.
Callaghan said that yesterday morning, he was hauled into a meeting with UFT officials, including CFO David Hickey, and told only that he was being fired from his job and had a half-hour to clear out of the office.
âThey gave me no reason, no letter, no cause at all,â said Callaghan, who insisted that he has received no reprimands or notices about problems with his work. He noted that he wrote six stories in the most recent newsletter for teachers.
Callaghan said the union-busting bullying continued after he was told he was fired, when UFT leaders called in a detail of six uniformed cops to remove him from his office because he wasnât leaving fast enough.
Callaghan said he decided to unionize the 12 UFT writers after a colleague was fired last year without cause.
âWe have no protections and no disciplinary process,â he said.
http://biggovernment.com/laborunionrepor...t-the-uft/
In a move of stunning hypocrisy, the United Federation of Teachers axed one of its longtime employees â for trying to unionize the powerful labor organizationâs own workers, it was charged yesterday.
Jim Callaghan, a veteran writer for the teachers union, told The Post he was booted from his $100,000-a-year job just two months after he informed UFT President Michael Mulgrew that he was trying to unionize some of his co-workers.
âI was fired for trying to start a union at the UFT,â said a dumbfounded Callaghan, who worked for the unionâs newsletter and as a speechwriter for union leaders for the past 13 years.
Callaghan said that yesterday morning, he was hauled into a meeting with UFT officials, including CFO David Hickey, and told only that he was being fired from his job and had a half-hour to clear out of the office.
âThey gave me no reason, no letter, no cause at all,â said Callaghan, who insisted that he has received no reprimands or notices about problems with his work. He noted that he wrote six stories in the most recent newsletter for teachers.
Callaghan said the union-busting bullying continued after he was told he was fired, when UFT leaders called in a detail of six uniformed cops to remove him from his office because he wasnât leaving fast enough.
Callaghan said he decided to unionize the 12 UFT writers after a colleague was fired last year without cause.
âWe have no protections and no disciplinary process,â he said.
http://biggovernment.com/laborunionrepor...t-the-uft/
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08-15-2010, 09:48 AM
lol, pretty funny and fitting.
But I love the Union's, they created the two greatest Day's in the entire history of HUMAN KIND!
But I love the Union's, they created the two greatest Day's in the entire history of HUMAN KIND!
08-15-2010, 10:40 AM
This is as bad as the union hiring non-union workers to walk their picket lines.
08-15-2010, 04:48 PM
Would a member of a golf club who tried to ogranize another golf club within the existing one be asked to resign his membership?
08-15-2010, 06:47 PM
thecavemaster Wrote:Would a member of a golf club who tried to ogranize another golf club within the existing one be asked to resign his membership?
lol, It's one thing to not originize the union within the union, but to to fire the guy? What would happen to a company in the U.S. if they pulled this stunt?
I guess he thought the union could use the extra money. :biggrin:
08-15-2010, 09:45 PM
Quote:Jim Callaghan, a veteran writer for the teachers union, told The Post he was booted from his $100,000-a-year job just two months after he informed UFT President Michael Mulgrew that he was trying to unionize some of his co-workers.“I was fired for trying to start a union at the UFT,” sThat is totally unfair for him
08-17-2010, 07:02 PM
I wondered what would happen when the union tried to negotiate a new contract with GM. Since the union now has more to lose than ever before, it appears that the union is wanting to slash salaries in half, as a condition of a pending sale to JD Norman Industries.
Workers at a General Motors stamping plant in Indianapolis, Indiana chased United Auto Workers executives out of a union meeting Sunday, after the UAW demanded workers accept a contract that would cut their wages in half.
As soon as three UAW International representatives took the podium, they were met with boos and shouts of opposition from many of the 631 workers currently employed at the plant. The officials, attempting to speak at the only informational meeting on the proposed contract changes, were forced out within minutes of taking the floor.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/aug201...-a17.shtml
Workers at a General Motors stamping plant in Indianapolis, Indiana chased United Auto Workers executives out of a union meeting Sunday, after the UAW demanded workers accept a contract that would cut their wages in half.
As soon as three UAW International representatives took the podium, they were met with boos and shouts of opposition from many of the 631 workers currently employed at the plant. The officials, attempting to speak at the only informational meeting on the proposed contract changes, were forced out within minutes of taking the floor.
http://www.wsws.org/articles/2010/aug201...-a17.shtml
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