Barriers Brainstorm by Madaline Edison https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh How is that different from how most teachers’ unions operate today? Where are you seeing unions fall short in your community? What prohibits union leaders from living up to this vision? en-us 2020-08-27 15:59:55 UTC 2026-02-26 21:07:51 UTC hello@padlet.com Unions have lots of lofty goals, but often get caught up in the basic rights/needs teachers aren't provided with https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791270 2020-09-14 20:43:41 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791270 Lots of fear--"us versus them," unwilling to engage with nuance or the possibility that folks can support unions but also want them to do better. Any push-back = anti-union/pro-DeVos https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791509 2020-09-14 20:43:48 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791509 The insular nature of union leadership: "If you're not aligned with me, you're anti-union." https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791590 2020-09-14 20:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791590 Pressure from other unions to capitulate to the usual priorities hkragthorpe https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791694 2020-09-14 20:43:53 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791694 Barriers? https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791773 Some unions are more progressive than society in general so they are viewed from members as not the biggest problem.  Operate in a very normative white culture that deters potential candidates early on in recruitment. ]]> 2020-09-14 20:43:55 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791773 Spending large amounts of time & resources defending not so great educators https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791934 2020-09-14 20:44:00 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745791934 Unengaged membership https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792171 Majority of voters in last union election were retirees in NY that may or may not have been in the classroom in over five to ten to twenty years

]]> 2020-09-14 20:44:05 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792171 https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792441 Lack of significant engagement, especially from people who don't mirror the ideals of the current legislative/delegate, etc body(res

]]> 2020-09-14 20:44:13 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792441 Reflexively protectionist. Unwilling to engage with opposing views even if those views might actually be more in line with union membership. https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792680 2020-09-14 20:44:20 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745792680 https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793091 Union power hoards at the top. Is not in support of BLM. Continues to gate-keep and perpetuate voter suppression. Absorbs all opponents through various forms of coercion. 

]]> 2020-09-14 20:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793091 Nationwide threats to right to collective bargaining https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793175 2020-09-14 20:44:34 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793175 Lack of understanding https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793240 2020-09-14 20:44:36 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793240 https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793340 Barriers to full participation in the voting process

]]> 2020-09-14 20:44:38 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793340 Lack of new leaders who will bring more progressive perspectives and change https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793377 2020-09-14 20:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793377 One-size-fits-all pay is not equitable for teachers or students. https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793422 2020-09-14 20:44:40 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745793422 Active pushback (from leadership) against strategies & efforts to improve the way union operates or governs, even when such requests come from members themselves dson2 https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794152 2020-09-14 20:45:03 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794152 Unions feel under attack https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794886 Unions are afraid to take stances that will jeopardize their status. They operate in self-preservation and if jobs are cut, they have nothing.]]> 2020-09-14 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794886 Unions constantly feeling like they need to play defense/airing on the side of fear-based organizing tactics https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794906 2020-09-14 20:45:25 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745794906 No time to stay organized hkragthorpe https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795127 2020-09-14 20:45:31 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795127 Lack of engagement of rank-and-file members https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795444 2020-09-14 20:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795444 Need to answer to very large membership who might not be as broadly as progressive as we would like (including conservative White teachers) https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795498 2020-09-14 20:45:43 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795498 Operate under the fallacy that class as a basis of organizing negates race as a factor that at work https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795869 2020-09-14 20:45:54 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745795869 Lack of understanding of their actual power hkragthorpe https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796251 2020-09-14 20:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796251 Secretive and insular. https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796267 2020-09-14 20:46:07 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796267 https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796648 It's difficult to recruit POC teacher leaders at the local level and POC teachers in general that reflect the communities they serve.]]> 2020-09-14 20:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745796648 Leadership bends rules to suit itself, rather than its members. Authoritarian behavior wrapped in progressive rhetoric. https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745799500 2020-09-14 20:47:48 UTC https://padlet.com/medison1/jkm6mqae64wgoouh/wish/745799500