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by swasheck 1573 days ago
> It’s about teachers, not students.

this is a false dichotomy and reeks of political rhetoric. it’s honestly both. teachers desire a safe working environment for themselves AND want to do the best they can to educate students under the circumstances.
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refurb 1573 days ago
It’s not a false dichotomy if you just look at the union’s actions.

How does opposing a vaccine mandate help students? The answer is it doesn’t, its just the union flexing its politics muscle by using the mandate as a bargaining chip.

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swasheck 1573 days ago
we’re not debating vaccine mandate efficacy, we’re debating you implication that teachers aren’t in it for the students. you’re being intellectually dishonest.
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refurb 1573 days ago
You did a great job of skirting my question.

How does fighting for an exception to the vaccine mandate (one of the few for public sector in CA - LA just fired 1500 city workers) help students?

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swasheck 1573 days ago
that. was. not. the. point. of. my. reply. it never has been. i’m sorry, but your inability to stop moving goalposts kills this thread.
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refurb 1572 days ago
Why won’t you answer the question. If you so strongly believe that unions have students best interests in mind then the answer should be easy.

Instead you refuse to answer it.

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