[etni] Re: comments on Jimmy's message and other teacher stuff

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>I
>havesaid for years that administration people and rank and file teachers
>should NOT be in the same union; unfortunately,and with a total lack of
>logic- -typical of Israel-       -it has always been this   way.   Reason/s
>for my objection:  different   goals, different   considerations,
>different  points of view.

Interesting. That's the way it is in English Canada, or at the very least, 
in Alberta. As for Quebec, qui sait?
I disagree with that stance too as a taxpayer. It makes no sense that 
administration (principals, etc. but not the Board trustees) shares the same 
union with its teachers/employees. If, during a strike, the Board wants to 
bring in substitutes, what is the principal supposed to do? Well, she's on 
strke too. Her/his interests should be those of the Board, whom she/he 
serves. It could never happen like that in industry, at least not in N. 
America.
Please note that I am not offering any opinions on the state of teaching in 
Israel. That is beyond my ken. But a raw nerve was touched vis-a-vis unions. 
As a volunteer in the school system for several years, I saw the union 
behaviour closer that most and I did not like it. But that's another story 
for another day.
Gary/Gershon
Calgary, Canada

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