I’d Hire Randi Weingarten

4/27/23

The appalling closure of our schools will be a blight on this generation of students for years to come. Many will never recover the lost years of learning relegating them to a lower level of satisfaction in their lives. Less education means fewer economic opportunities which translates into lower income and quality of life. Thankyou CDC/teachers’ unions. How did it happen that we ignored the science and actual experience of many other educational systems that remained open without the deleterious effects touted by the advocates of closed schools? The answer is the strength of leader of the largest teachers’ union.

Randi Weingarten has consistently said that she works for the teachers. Under her leadership, they have increased both compensation and improved working conditions. The latter includes getting paid for staying home and not working. She has been extremely successful at her job. Despite all the rhetoric about the negative impacts her policies have had on our society, teachers have benefitted and it’s because of her. What’s not to like in a union leader?

If Randi was espousing policies that many normal people would accept, she would be a hero for using the tactics she employs. The issue is not with her but with the government with which she engaged. Nowhere should it be ok for a private citizen to surreptitiously have their single minded wishes become national policy. When CDC Director Walensky’s phone rang and Randi introduced herself, the phone call should have ended before it started. That’s on Walensky, not Weingarten. That we allow favored groups unfettered access to the halls of power while everyday citizens are harangued and even prosecuted for registering their disappointment in government actions is appalling. It undermines the very bedrock of our country; government by the people. Increasingly, its government by the entrenched.

The inverted way our federal government is directed is failing us. If I could get my Representative’s ear (very unlikely as they don’t even acknowledge my solicited feedback), I would give them my opinions too. Should I have the influence of millions of votes, there is not doubt I would make sure the Representative knew about it. She did her job and she succeeded. Yep, I would hire Randi Weingarten in a minute if I thought she would carry my water. We need someone like her to represent we little people. Citizens Union anyone?