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Originally Posted by Tyrone Slothrop
It's also possible that they thought they would prevent Rhee from doing other things they didn't like if they sucked her into a protracted and lengthy fight instead of giving her an easy win. I'm just speculating based on the agency problems inherent in unions (and hardly uncommon in other organizations). I never saw a good explanation of what they thought they were doing, in part because the WaPo is a poor imitation of journalism.
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If it was a stall, then Rhee should have moved on to the next issue. And the next time a raise was raised, say "I offered you more money, but you didn't want it" and discuss raises only ion connection with all pay proposals at once and openly blame *leadership* for refusing to give the teachers the options.
Also, the most common complaint I've seen from union leadership about merit pay is that it's a pretext/prelude to trying to require all the teachers to do more to avoid being fired (of course, they say it slightly differently).
