Home Hot Topics Articles Directors' Choice Awards About Us / Contact Us Activities & Curriculum Activities for Outcome-Based Learning Arts & Crafts Music for Learning Recommended Reading Sharing Boards: What Do YOU Think? NEWSlink Current National News Conference Calendar Topics In Early Childhood Education Art and Creativity in Early Childhood Education Job Sharing Board State Licensing Requirements Stay Connected! Each month we'll send you an email filled with articles and ideas for your classroom. Subscribe Now Date: 2/15/2006 12:54:00 PM Author: Roni (LtlRedHen3@aol.com) Subject: You are the one that said we need a unio... You are the one that said we need a union in place to be able to make any changes. But obviously changes can be made without them. Even the unions aren't taking on any more than "our little corner of the world". I lived those St Louis County meetings, I can tell you what really happened there instead of relying on some heavily biased newspaper report. Prior to the meeting, six of our seven commissioners - all of whome are AFSCME endorsed by the way - came out of the back room with the AFSCME representatives and the provider they quote in that article. The one and only provider to show up at three meetings on the subject to support the unions. About a dozen were there against it, not to mention so many phone calls, letters and e-mails that our commissioners refused to accept any more. If the way to make changes is to buy politicians, then I guess the unions have us beat. It's a sad state of affairs if that's the case. Name: Email: Subject

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