This is what happens when union activists sit on both sides of the bargaining table and serve as the state arbiters
With the deck stacked, parents who care about the fiscal solvency of the financially beleaguered district and ensuring a solid education for their children don’t stand a chance.
In calling the strike, the Oakland Education Association bypassed the legally required procedures for first declaring an impasse and bringing in a mediator to try to resolve differences. And they got away with it because the currentCalifornia Public Employment Relations Board, stacked by governors Jerry Brown and Gavin Newsom with labor representatives, refused the district’s plea for an injunction.
Rather than celebrate a monumental — and deserved — compensation victory, the teachers are also demanding inclusion in the contract of so-called “common good” proposals, broad societal issues that include everything from homelessness to environmental justice. It would be fiscally reckless for any school board to agree to such demands. And especially the Oakland school board, which still has state-mandated fiscal oversight because of years of irresponsible budgeting and bailouts from Sacramento.
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