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KFI Radio Hosts Say Union Capitulated With the nation watching, KFI radio hosts John & Ken confirmed that the teachers union capitulated: the strike in the Capistrano Unified School District is over. The reform board scored a victory for the students and taxpayers. Click here to listen: Union leaders finally gave up their unreasonable demand that the contract cuts imposed by the Reform Board would expire automatically on a date certain. Unfortunately, they only did so after 2,200 teachers union members had abandoned their students and walked out on strike for three school days. From John & Ken, KFI AM-640, April 27, 2010: "So the 10-percent decrease sticks for the next three years, and it's unlikely they're going to get any of the money back, which means the class sizes will remain the same, no teachers will be laid off ... But what really matters is that logic won, mathematics won ... what we kept saying all last week or two, 'When you're out of money, you're out of money,' and finally the union had to accept that." "It did show you what the teachers are about, though. You've got to keep repeating this to the end of time. Teachers, when they're in their union, when they're in their union context, are not nice. They don't love kids, they don't care about the kids. They love themselves, they love their money and they love their benefits. They love their union group think. There are very few rebels in the union ... very few. Eighty-seven percent of the teachers voted to strike. Eighty-seven percent gave the middle finger to the students for three days. And so, eventually they settled for what? For exactly the deal they had ... a 10-percent cut." CUSD Trustee Ken Lopez-Maddox spoke during John & Ken’s exclusive interview, saying, "We believe it's a victory for the kids in this district. We restored fiscal stability to the district, we held the lid on class-size increases and we charted out a new course for the district that, again, provides fiscal stability ... We're doing our level best to keep the doors open, provide a quality education and help them keep their jobs ... clearly, the fact finder agreed with that assessment..." Listen by following the link: Congratulations to the Reform Board for standing firm for the good of the students, parents and taxpayers of CUSD. |
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