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Related: About this forumA punch in the face
You deserve a punch in the face.
At least thats what New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie thinks.
In an interview aired Sunday, Christie threatened violence against teachers, and called our unions the single most destructive force in public education.
Tell Chris Christie that bullying and violence have no place in our classrooms or our communities, and demand an apology.
Teachers unions arent some faceless entityour unions are made up of individual teachers, women and men who go to work every day to help children succeed.
In a massive national survey we conducted with the Badass Teachers Association this spring, we saw just how real on-the-job bullying and violence are for our teachers.
After looking at more than 30,000 responses, we learned that nearly one in five teachers has been threatened with physical violence in a school. One in ten has been physically assaulted, and 30 percent have been bullied on the job.
Teachers today face huge challengesfrom top-down, blame-and-shame policies to record child poverty, deep cuts to school funding, and on-the-job bullying and violence.
We need leaders who support educators and collaborate with our unions, not people who threaten violence to score cheap political points.
Sign now: Chris Christie must apologize for threatening violence against our teachers.
While Christie is busy blaming teachers, hes destroying his own home state.
Chris Christie has slashed education funding for New Jersey schools by more than a billion dollars. Hes gutted support for higher education and womens health, driven New Jerseys public pension system to the brink of bankruptcy, and crashed the states credit rating, all while giving billions in tax breaks to his corporate pals.
Christie and his allieslike Wall Street hedge funds and the Koch brothersare set on destroying our unions. They know that a strong labor movement can rebuild the middle class and rebalance the scales in our economy.
Our unions are one of the only forces that have prevented Christie from running roughshod over the people of New Jersey. Hes made no secret that breaking unions is a top priority, but threatening violence against teachers is a step too far.
Please join us in demanding that Chris Christie apologize: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/chris-christie-apologize-for-threatening-teachers?can_id=a9cf23302332fb8fa0573509116ae7fe&source=email-a-punch-in-the-face-7&email_referrer=a-punch-in-the-face-7
In unity,
Randi Weingarten
AFT President
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A punch in the face (Original Post)
Omaha Steve
Aug 2015
OP
That's fucked up. They say all kinds of crazy stuff right now to get attention.
Cheese Sandwich
Aug 2015
#2
TBF
(34,179 posts)1. Republican candidates at their finest. nt
Cheese Sandwich
(9,086 posts)2. That's fucked up. They say all kinds of crazy stuff right now to get attention.
It worked I guess. We're talking about him. Check out Ted Cruz'z bacon commercial sometime it's about the same level of intelligence.