Welcome to Oregon, friend.
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
This past month, I moved from Texas - a state that bans collective bargaining rights for public employees - to Oregon. Oregon has strong unions for educators, so I was prouder than a new dad to pay my dues for this year.
After almost 20 years teaching in Texas, where your teacher’s organization dues are really only lawsuit insurance. Sure, they will send reps to school board meetings to fight for better wages, but they really have no power at all. You even whisper the word “strike”, and the Texas Education Agency will cancel your certification permanently. So this is a very welcome change.
Entropywins@lemmy.world 4 months ago
radicalautonomy@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Thanks, friendo!
eldavi@lemmy.ml 4 months ago
the people who extol austin’s virtues blow my mind; have they even lived there?!!!
kautau@lemmy.world 4 months ago
Many of the people who move to Austin nowadays are Bay Area tech workers that only care about paying lower taxes