The Snakehead Goes Off; or,How Do You Spell COLLUSION ?

R.A.N.D.I. that's how! Wake up people. We're on the receiving end of another butt ramming courtesy of our Unity leadership. We are being played like a fish, deceived and manipulated ... and by the people who are supposed to protect us! How convenient that all of a sudden we have a new contract, a year ahead of schedule. Looks like its just in time for this spring's election! What a coincidence! Can anyone still believe that the Mayor and our President aren't in bed, aren't in cahoots? The current contract and this new contract were negotiated at the same time same. Bloomberg got his changes in work rules, and the good P.R. that comes from stripping teachers of their rights. Now Randi gets all the credit for producing a contract with "no givebacks," so she can ride a wave of support to reelection. Our union is backing mayoral control of the schools, and becomes another notch in the mayor's belt. Everyone wins: Bloomberg, and Randi... well maybe not everyone. WE LOSE--AGAIN (if we ratify this crap). Voluntary "buyouts" for excessed teachers that become ATR's? Not too scary! Why not just arrange to have the senior teachers they don't want around anymore pushed under a bus? The potential for disaster is endless. But they've buttered up the new teachers with a five year longevity to counter balance discontent amongst older teachers, so new teachers will bite the hook dangling in front of them. Pretty slick... looks like this has been very well planned ... and that in itself should piss you off. Before some idiot starts to say "but this contract has no givebacks," remember everything was given away in the last contract, and most of us felt we should be working to get back some of the rights that were taken from us. No takebacks huh? Oh well.
Now, wait until the "coalition" bargaining with our pensions and health care begins! I'm sure that will be lots of fun, after all the mayor declared months ago that concessions on pensions and healthcare were the top priority. It all starts to come together doesn't it? Randi gets hers, Bloomberg gets his, and we are used as pawns in their self-serving political games. Well, I don't like being used, I don't know about you but, this whole collusion thing really burns my ass. We cannot stand for this, no more backroom politics and under the table deals, no more corruption from these self serving sycophants. VOTE NO on this contract! Vote UNITY OUT! Anyone but Randi. UNITY OUT!