To Strike or Not to Stike, That is the Question

Tomorrow the local teacher’s union has decided on a one hour “job action” where teachers will not sign in for the first sixty minutes of the school day and instead stand outside and protest Governor Schwarzenegger’s cuts on education in California.  Now, it’s not that I don’t support the message.  I, for one, think my job is tough enough without $4 billion dollars less, which will lead to less resources, job losses and higher class sizes.  However, I’m just not sure that the best way to say “cuts hurt kids” is to leave the kids roaming around the school, not learning a darn thing, while we are on the streets protesting.  Couldn’t this wait until after school?  Or perhaps have a minimum day where we could protest the budget cuts without skipping out on part of the school day?  It’s now my task to decide whether or not I should participate.  On the whole, I’m not really into radical union politics, but who wants to cross a picket line with all of my colleagues and friends?  Not I.  This is definitely one I’ll have to sleep on.

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