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This is fucking poetry. It's a shame I'll forget it in 5 minutes.
In teaching:
Union member, public school: Union sent a rep to meetings when admin was fucking with me. When my HVAC system got fucked up and for some reasons for several months in November it was getting up to 100*F by the end of the day, and admin ignored my emails and text - one email to the Union rep and it was fixed. I also knew, unambiguously when I was expected to work. Things like Parent/Teacher conferences where I would need to work later were communicated when I signed my contract. Still very defanged as a Union, but still - they earned my money.
Charter school, no unions lulzzzzzz:
No idea when I would be expected to show up to mandatory PD’s - or even where they would be. Mid year they forced us to sign a new contract with a pay decrease. Options were “sign or walk.” They also of course fired me mid year because the case load drove me to a mental breakdown, and I started hinting at things like accommodations. Also pointed out things like Title 9 and IDEA, which admittedly are not concerns under the current administration. Not that my former employer had ever had any concerns about petty things like the law lol……
That tracks 😑 My cousin and her husband both work for the same private school. I always felt they were playing with fire, and your story does not assuage those fears.
preaches to the choir
Unions, people. There's a reason they were necessary, and a reason the parasite class has been poisoning the well for generations. If you can join, do it.