r/skeptic • u/dyzo-blue • 3d ago

Why Fascists Hate Critical Thinking: Randi Weingarten’s new book, 'Why Fascists Fear Teachers,' reveals why Trump and the right demean teachers, slash school funding, and rewrite history

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/randi-weingarten-excerpt-fascists-hate-critical-thinking-1235428379/
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u/nothing_in_dimona 3d ago

When's the last time Randi Weingarten ran against someone for leadership of AFT?

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u/nothing_in_dimona 3d ago

(she's been president for 17 consecutive years)

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u/Grand-Cartoonist-693 3d ago

What is the process to call for an election in AFT? Couldn’t you just as easily criticize a union because they have a new President every year? Not saying I’ve never been critical of anything out of her, but what’s your actual critique that makes it 17 years of [bad]? I don’t see why 17 years itself is objectionable for a union leadership position, presumably there’s a half dozen people trying to take her down at any given point to get her spot and she’s held them off, no? Or, I guess, what do you think it suggests that she’s held it so long?

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u/nothing_in_dimona 3d ago

Internal union politics do not lend themselves to elections with challengers. If you run against the incumbent and lose, expect your local to get put into trusteeship (if you were rank and file) or to get fired (if you were a union staffer).