<div>Nathan:</div> <div> </div> <div>I am stunned, but not into silence. A teacher is being victimized. The same blunt instrument that is used to destroy the teacher will be used against the union,  tomoorow, but one NEA dimbulb says "fuck 'm," he's not a member. And you pile on?  And injury to one is an injury to all, but only if you're signed up for dues check-off, eh, Nathan? Just what is it about Fitch's analysis you don't buy? Sounds like he's talking about you, bro. </div> <div> </div> <div>Mike Hirsch<br><br> </div> <div><span class="gmail_quote">On 3/4/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">John Lacny</b> <<a href="mailto:jlacny@earthlink.net">jlacny@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:</span> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid">Michael Yates:<br><br>> I don't know if Bennish is a union member or not.  I<br>> am just reporting what the NEA affiliate said.  But <br>> in any event there is a lot more at stake here than<br>> a free-rider thing.  Bennish is a very young man.<br>> We don't know his view of the teachers' union or any<br>> unions (or even if the union has bargaining rights <br>> and a contract) The union should support him and<br>> oppose what is going on here, irrespective of anything<br>> else.  Show everyone what a good union does.  I'll bet<br>> Bennish would join then.  Your black and white view <br>> here is really stupid.  I've known lots of anti-union<br>> folks who have come around to support the union.<br><br>I think Michael's view is sensible and 100% correct.<br><br>Further, given some of what Bennish said in the classroom, I'd be a little <br>surprised if this guy Bennis is not a union member as the NEA person claimed<br>(unless he's some kind of whacked-out libertarian -- in which case the union<br>should still defend his rights).<br><br><br>- - - - - - - - - - <br>John Lacny<br><a href="http://www.johnlacny.com">http://www.johnlacny.com</a><br><br>Tell no lies, claim no easy victories<br><br>___________________________________<br><a href="http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk"> http://mailman.lbo-talk.org/mailman/listinfo/lbo-talk</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>________________________________________<br>`And these words shall then become<br>Like oppression's thundered doom <br>Ringing through each heart and brain,<br>Heard again -- again -- again--<br>`Rise like Lions after slumber<br>In unvanquishable number--<br>Shake your chains to earth like dew<br>Which in sleep had fallen on you--<br> Ye are many -- they are few.'<br>--------Shelley, "The Mask of Anarchy:<br>Written on the Occasion of the Massacre at Manchester" [1819]<br><br>