Camden schools follow Puerto Rico’s step
April 22, 2008 by libertyisforme
Yesterday, non-instructional staff from Camden, NJ schools didn’t show up to work, leaving thousands of kids behind.
What is this nonsense? Is this a new tactic of the AFL-CIO, walkouts at the expense of children’s educational needs.
I tell ya, unions are evil.
The reason for the walkout:
The problem, which was not clear until the afternoon, appears to be a dispute among 400 to 500 hourly workers and the elected school board. An unknown number of custodians and a reported variety of other noninstructional employees declined to work normal hours Monday — an apparent sign of unrest in labor negotiations with the school district.
“Many issues of crucial national importance require an educated populace if they are to be dealt with effectively. At the moment we are not even coming close to equipping the population with the intellectual tools that are needed”:
http://preview.tinyurl.com/6xcgdy
Cheap