On Tuesday evening, just before a slated speech by presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden, American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten announced.
We do not begrudge teachers the right to negotiate a safe work environment.
Teachers' unions like the AFT have gone beyond calling for increased safety measures which, even if adopted, would not satisfy their demands for a zero-risk environment.
Medicare for All, the defunding of the LAPD, and a nationwide wealth tax before Angelino teachers return to the classroom.
The rush to play politics puts the unions at odds with the millions of essential workers who have continued to do their part, including the thousands of doctors working around the clock to save lives.
Frontline doctors don't have the luxury of working remotely, either, while teachers imagine they do.
Just nine months ago Pete Buttigieg stood on a debate stage in Houston and, to wild applause, declared that the United States needs to "Respect teachers the way we do soldiers and pay them more like the way we do doctors" if we want "The results we expect."
We do not begrudge teachers the right to negotiate a safe work environment.
Teachers' unions like the AFT have gone beyond calling for increased safety measures which, even if adopted, would not satisfy their demands for a zero-risk environment.
Medicare for All, the defunding of the LAPD, and a nationwide wealth tax before Angelino teachers return to the classroom.
The rush to play politics puts the unions at odds with the millions of essential workers who have continued to do their part, including the thousands of doctors working around the clock to save lives.
Frontline doctors don't have the luxury of working remotely, either, while teachers imagine they do.
Just nine months ago Pete Buttigieg stood on a debate stage in Houston and, to wild applause, declared that the United States needs to "Respect teachers the way we do soldiers and pay them more like the way we do doctors" if we want "The results we expect."
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