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Originally Posted by Hondaracer
Notice how you haven’t heard from the nurses union once during covid?
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There’s a couple things about it.
From my wife’s experience, the nurses union is great at getting things done. She pays in an absolute shitload, but she says it’s so well worth it. They are very effective at tabling solutions with their complaints, which is really the best way to get things done. From being an outsider on the teachers unions it doesn’t always appear the same. They are always in the media.
To be fair though, nurses go to school for exactly this. They study virus transmission, medicine, PPE and have a vast understanding of this situation. Teachers don’t. They really have no clue how to deal with this situation and rightfully so are much more scared of it. That said, my friends that teach have not said the things the teachers union has when I’ve spoken to them about this. My best friend is a teacher and he has spoken about how much time and effort they have put into explaining protocols and he also understands this is a moving target. Things will change and they will have to adapt as it’s a new situation. No one has this magic answer. The media loves to stir up teacher union controversy.