# 1 OF 2 - IN THE NAME OF HONEST JOURNALISM CAN YOU INVESTIGATE THIS STORY?

#1 OF 2 -IN THE NAME OF HONEST JOURNALISM CAN YOU INVESTIGATE THIS STORY? 

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PRESIDENT AND FELLOW SCHOOL BOARD MEMBERS, WESTMINSTER SCHOOL DISTRICT,        SEPT. 15, 1986

 

    "THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE INTEGRITY OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND THE SURVIVAL OF THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM. IF YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHO WILL? WHAT AM I TALKING ABOUT?  IT IS THE SENATE BILL 160, THE TEACHER COLLECTIVE BARGAINING LAW OF 1976. [THE RODDA ACT PASSED IN 1975].

 

    REASONABLE MEN AND WOMEN CAN COME TO SOME KIND OF AGREEMENT WHEN THEY EVALUATE A LAW THAT HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE FOR ABOUT TEN YEARS.

 

    THE LAW OF 1976 HAS LEGALIZED WITHIN THE PUBLIC PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM, I REPEAT LEGALIZED, 1.) ADVERSARY RELATIONSHIP 2.) EXCLUSIVITY, 3. AGENCY FEES, 4.) COERCION, INDIRECT AND DIRECT TO JOIN THE EXCLUSIVE TEACHER ORGANIZATION.

 

    BY LEGALIZING THESE FOUR NEGATIVE PRINCIPLES, THE LAW IS CHANGING THE NATURE OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND POLITICIZING IT.

 

    FROM 1964 TO 1969, I WAS A VOLUNTARY MEMBER OF THE NEA AND CTA. [AND THE WESTMINSTER TEACHER ASSOCIATION]. FOR OVER A HUNDRED YEARS THESE TWO PROFESSIONAL TEACHER ORGANIZATION FOUGHT THESE FOUR NEGATIVE PRINCIPLES, AND THEN THEY CHANGED TO BECOME A UNION. I DID NOT RENEW MY MEMBERSHIP BECAUSE I WAS NOT GOING TO ACCEPT ADVERSARY RELATIONSHIP, EXCLUSIVITY, AGENCY FEES, AND COERCION AS PART OF MY TEACHING PROFESSION.

 

    IS IT POSSIBLE THAT INDUSTRIAL TYPE UNIONISM WAS NEVER INTENDED FOR PUBLIC EMPLOYEES, LEAST OF ALL TEACHERS. THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT UNIONISM IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IS NOT A SACRED COW AND NEEDS TO BE EVALUATED AND DISCUSSED OPENLY.

 

    POSSIBLY IF WE LEGALIZE THE PRINCIPLES OF COOPERATION AND FREEDOM FOR TEACHERS TO THE ORGANIZATION OF THEIR CHOICE, AND HAVE PROPORTIONAL REPRESENTATION WITH PAYROLL DEDUCTIONS OF DUES, WE WILL ADD A BREADTH OF FRESH AIR TO THE NEGOTIATING BETWEEN TEACHERS AND MANAGEMENT.

 

    THE PRINCIPLE OF ADVERSARY RELATIONSHIP DOES NOT ENHANCE THE TEACHING PROFESSION AND THE PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM.   I HATE A RAW DEAL. I'VE SPENT HUNDREDS OF HOURS AWAY FROM MY FAMILY NEEDS FIGHTING S.B. 16O, AND I'LL SPEND HUNDREDS OF HOURS IN THE FUTURE WORKING TO CHANGE AND REPEAL THIS UNFAIR AND BAD LAW.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS THAT ANYTHING THAT LENDS ITSELF TO POLITICIZING PUBLIC EDUCATION IS SUSPECT, AND MORE THAN LIKELY NOT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF EDUCATING CHILDREN. S.B.160 IS AN ALBATROSS AROUND PUBLIC EDUCATION'S NECK.

 

    THE SCHOOLS BELONG TO THE PUBLIC. TEACHERS ARE PUBLIC EMPLOYEES FIRST AND FOREMOST. THEY OUGHT NOT TO BE FORCED BY THE SCHOOL BOARD TO JOIN AND PAY AN ORGANIZATION THAT THEY DO NOT BELIEVE IN.

 

    THE BOTTOM LINE IS THE INTEGRITY OF THE TEACHING PROFESSION. IF YOU, YOU, AND YOU DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, WHO WILL?

 

George H. Kubeck

P.S. L.A. TIMES  DEC. 16, 1976 - "A MATTER OF INTEREST" CALIFORNIA'S SENIOR STATE SENATOR - ALBERT RODDA (D - SACRAMENTO) - HAS WRITTEN A SET OF 10 COMMANDMENTS FOR NEW MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE. THE FIRST: "LEGISLATORS SHALL MAKE THE PUBLIC INTEREST THE FIRST AND PRINCIPAL OBJECTIVE - EXCEPT THAT LEGISLATORS SHALL RESPOND TO THE SPECIAL AND SELFISH INTERESTS OF THEIR OWN CONSTITUENTS & THIS SHALL HAVE A HIGHER PRIORITY