brent: you can join a "professional org" like TCTA but it's just lawyer rep. for drastic situations (ones that involve local press). the state is anti-union: if you strike, then you lose license and pension. you're a contract employee with god-awful health insurance (I left the state to teach elsewhere)

Thrilled to know we got water in the woke wars.

pouring one out for coach's lawyer when coach gets sued over one of his kids dying of heat stroke and they find this post

If his district has a union start pouring shots for his rep.

Texas only sorta has teachers unions. patriciajdavis.medium.com/texas-doesnt...

Texas doesn’t have ‘unions’ for teachers.patriciajdavis.medium.com Texas doesn’t have ‘unions’ for teachers. We have associations or organizations. They collect ‘dues’ so they can lobby on our behalf, but they cannot call for a strike or negotiate salaries…

Yeah I know they aren't great but supposedly their strength varies by district and contract...

that variation is between zero and minimal. TX has a law that striking teachers forfeit their retirement pension.

Reps cannot represent a teacher during a meeting with administration or board to represent their rights to due process per contract?

there are no reps to begin with

How does that even work? That's nonsensical.

you can join a "professional org" like TCTA but it's just lawyer rep. for drastic situations (ones that involve local press). the state is anti-union: if you strike, then you lose license and pension. you're a contract employee with god-awful health insurance (I left the state to teach elsewhere)

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