Saturday, July 16, 2005
These Are Your Teachers?:
From WND, still...
The NEA (teachers' union) had their annual meeting here in L.A. Apparently these were some of the resolutions:
"To participate in a national boycott of Wal-Mart (Two resolutions);
To fight efforts to privatize Social Security (nine separate resolutions);
To add the words 'other' and 'multi-ethnic' in addition to 'unknown' in the category of ethnicity on all forms;
To commemorate the 'historic merger of the National Education Association and the American Teachers Association, which occurred in 1966';
To expose health problems associated with 'fragrance chemicals'; (I assume this means perfumes. Another resolution called for designating areas of NEA meetings as 'fragrance-free zones.');
To fight indoor air pollution (two resolutions);
To make health care an organizational priority;
To expand efforts to elect pro-public education candidates to Congress in 2006;
To promote the designation of April as National Donate Month to promote organ and tissue donation;
To push for a commemorative stamp honoring public education;
To push for more collective bargaining;
To study the feasibility of a boycott of Gallo wine (A separate resolution banned the serving of Gallo wine at any NEA functions.);
To develop a strategic program to help NEA Republican members advance a pro-public education agenda with the party;
To defend affirmative action and oppose the Michigan Civil Rights Amendment;
To oppose the annual observance of 'Take Your Child to Work Day' during the regular school year;
To oppose all forms of privatization;
To investigate the establishment of affordable housing programs for members;
To respond aggressively to any inappropriate use of the words 'retarded' or 'gay' in the media;
To fight the 'regressive taxation practices of the federal government';
To support education programs for prisoners and former prisoners;
To support research on women and heart disease;
To push for an 'exit strategy to end the U.S. military occupation of Iraq';
To oppose the Central American Free Trade Agreement;
To push for debt cancellation in underdeveloped countries;
To teach children about the "significant history of labor unions";
To develop a comprehensive strategy of support for homosexuality;
To educate the public and members about identity theft;
To explore alternatives to using latex balloons and gloves at NEA functions."
Glad these folks have their priorities in order.
*sigh*
- posted by AnnaZ @ 7:38 PM
