IS IT TRUE SEPTEMBER 7, 2015

1. Since joining my first union in 1966, I have never agreed with membership being a requisite for employment. But, I have always believed in paying the “fair share” for union non-member representation required by law and the benefits derived from that representation.
   I almost have to believe the EVSC board is trying to union bust, especially by demanding to do away with third party arbitration.

   • Mr. George Lumley Esq.,–You have a practical perspective of the Quality of the “Cloth” that Evansville’s Elitists put forth with their “selected” Politicos,– chosen by the FEW,– to be backed with the Party endorsement/ Money and Organization, for the Voters to consider,–from the Primaries to the General elections.
     Evansville’s Political History also suggests,—“to achieve Good, Honest, Open Governance, with Transparency, and Better Accounting, in our City/County government,—- will take no less than a “Miracle.”
     You can’t make a Silk Purse out of a Sow’s Ear.

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2. I hope you have invited by special invitation some “miracle workers” to this event because it looks to me that to achieve good, honest, open governance with transparency and better accounting in our City/County government will take no less than a miracle.

   • The first step in correcting the problem would be for Evansville to acquire an actual “newspaper”. Below is an explanation of the problem, but it is even worse in Evansville, where you have the Publisher of the offending newspaper paying $10,000. annually in order to rub elbows with the “rich and powerful”.

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     Explaining newspaper content: Nick Davies’s churnalism vs. Edward Herman and Noam Chomsky’s Propaganda Model

     In 2008 investigative journalist Nick Davies published Flat earth news: An award-winning reporter exposes falsehood, distortion and propaganda in the global media.

     Its central argument is Davies’s concept of ‘churnalism’, whereby the increasingly concentrated
     corporate ownership of the national and regional press has led to profit maximisation at all costs.

     With newspapers cutting costs by cutting staff, the journalists who remain at the paper are expected to do more work in less time. This has created a more pressurized working environment with less time for fact-checking and for getting out of the office to pursue a story and build up contacts. Unable to leave their desks, the stressed-out reporters are prey for PR firms, regurgitating press releases and wire copy with minimal, if any, editing.

     According to Davies (2008: 13), these commercial pressures have ideological consequences with
     journalists tending ‘to produce a consensus account of the world which repeatedly reflects the interests of the rich and powerful’

3. Is it true the “Call to Assemble” will be non-partisan in the same manner the CCO is non-partisan?

4. “IS IT TRUE It seems the dynamics have changed between the School Board and the Teamsters because the two groups that used to be political allies? …by allowing EVSC non-educational staff the ability to opt out of paying representation dues to the Teamsters, the School Board has set a dangerous precedent?” (CCO)

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   The last time I checked the people represented by this union:

   https://ista-in.org/who-we-are

   are not required/mandated to be a member of that union.

5. From what I have read and seen the Teamsters have given the Evsc very workable language on the two issues that the Evsc does not need to have to be effective. But what Dr Smith and Mr. Kiefer need for their Power Trip. I do not believe the entire Evsc Board agrees with these two but for some reason the Board Members have not shown the guts to stand up and say that this is B/S and this behavior is done. We will now work with Local 215 and the Boards Lawyer Mr. Shoulders and get a workable Agreement for both sides. We are who Voters of Evansville and Vanderburgh Co. elected to do this job. The Union Employees of the Evsc would be absolutely nuts to agree to let the Evsc be the Final word on discipline when they are the ones disciplining that is Ludicrous. Why is it that paying someone for services is acceptable always except when dealing with the fair share clause when you don’t want to belong to Union but you want what they negotiate for you and for them to represent you when needed. It’s is called a free ride and that also is ludicrous. Try this at the Grocery Store or with Vectern or a Lawyer or with Anyone who gives you a service that is paid for giving it. Now it is time for the Evsc to get an Agreement. Please don’t force these Very Good Employees to take Drastic Measures!!

6. I am ashamed of the evsc administration. I don’t know how David smith can look himself in the mirror. The school board is even worse. These are elected officials who are not listening to the voters. One school board member ran on the fact that he didn’t like the way negotiations were and he is no where to be found. He isn’t answering emails or phone calls. This is awful. They are not bargaining in good faith. They can’t possibly believe that anyone with half a brain would agree that they be the final arbitrator.

7. IS IT TRUE it was recently reported that there is not one single coal miner working in the state of Kentucky who is represented by the UMWA?…I just wanted to point that out on Labor Day?

8. Union Busting 101

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