Pennsylvania’s Schoolchildren To Be Used As Props At May 3rd Leftist-Union Rally


On Tuesday, across the state of Pennsylvania, unions and other Left-wing organizations will be boarding buses and heading to the state capitol in Harrisburg to engage in a mass rally to fight for economic and social justice and against budget cuts.  The rally, is being organized by the Coalition for Labor Engagement and Accountable Revenues (CLEAR) which is comprised of government unions, such as AFSCME, the American Federation of Teachers (AFT), PSEA (part of the NEA), SEIU, as well as the AFL-CIO, IAFF, UFCW and others.

The economic agenda of the rally organizing group CLEAR consists of raising taxes on consumers and retailers,  internet shoppers and vendors, corporations and, of course, the wealthy. CLEAR is clear, they do not want any cuts in spending.

Also in attendance will be a diverse group of other organizations, such as:

In addition, there will be elementary schoolchildren bused in from all over the state.

In Lancaster, PA, concerned parents contacted the local newspaper with their concerns, which caused one school to cancel the “field trip”:

Plans to have Wickersham Elementary School students participate next week in a rally opposing cuts in the state education budget have been canceled in the wake of complaints from parents.

The school Wednesday sent home a permission slip asking parents to allow their children in grades three to five to attend the Rally for a Responsible Budget in Harrisburg Tuesday.

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The fact that they’re taking kids and teachers out of school to attend this rally is just plain wrong,” said Julie Zug, whose son is a fourth-grader at Wickersham.

“I have no idea how many schools or districts in Pennsylvania are participating, but it sounds like an awful expense to prop up the teachers’ union.

How many parents are unaware their kids are being used in this manner?”

The rally is being sponsored by the Coalition for Labor Engagement and Accountable Revenues, a group that includes the Pennsylvania State Education Association, the American Federation of Teachers and several other public-service unions that are planning to bus hundreds of members to Harrisburg.

In a letter to parents accompanying the permission slip, James said the trip would provide an opportunity to “model the role of good citizenship, free expression, fairness and thoughtful deliberation.”

“Please join us as we … travel to Harrisburg to let our voice be heard for a responsible budget for public education,” he urged parents in the letter.

In addition to the permission slip, the school sent home a sample letter for parents to send to lawmakers opposing education funding cuts, as well as a sample script for parents to read when calling their legislators, according to parents.

It’s unknown how many parents will be having their children be used as a government-union prop. What is also unknown, as referenced above, is the number of parents who may not know that their children are being used as government-union props next Tuesday.

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Social justice is when you get someone to steal for you.

johnt Sunday, May 1st at 10:15AM EDT (link)

The parasites keep clean hands, empty minds, fatter wallets, perverted morals, a great press, and get to call themselves “progressives”. They also get to hate the people stuck picking up their tab. You can’t lose. All this and destroying a nation too.

“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville

 

SEIU Leaders is like sows eating their newborn on a Farm

bobojake (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 10:37AM EDT (link)

Sows
Eating
Incompetent
Udders

The parasitic leeches of the communist-marxist cult is a shame on America and their leader in the Whitehouse has to be defeated in every State in this Great Nation.

 

Isn't that a school day...?

NeoKong (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 11:27AM EDT (link)

So on the taxpayers dime the school teachers are going to a rally using tax funded school buses so they can advocate more tax money for themselves which comes out of the pockets of the parents of the children they will use as props…..?

That is just so wrong.

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They should dress them appropriately

banzaibob (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 11:39AM EDT (link)

They need the uniform which includes the red bandana along with a little red book.

Prefiero morir de pie que vivir de rodillas
It’s better to die upon your feet than to live upon your knees!
Emiliano Zapata

 

Am I glad

rick554 Sunday, May 1st at 12:27PM EDT (link)

my Grandsons are being homeschooled!

Rick554

 

I've given up guessing how low liberals will go

TNJim (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 1:49PM EDT (link)

to push their agendas. Every time i get close, they lower the bar. No wonder the quality of education in the US is getting lower and lower. This is social engineering in its most putrid form.

Activism: What to do after the TEA party rally. Unified Patriots

 

Purple buses/shirts - the new Brownshirts...

anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 1:57PM EDT (link)

Nazis…

They’re just Nazis…

Wondering if PA will just roll over for them…

Razz Etc!
“Best Poker book written ever!!!” – Author’s unbiased opinion…

 

The SEIU would sell those kid's kidneys to keep

Tbone (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 2:13PM EDT (link)

their trough full. As such, busing them into a rally to use as props isn’t so bad.

Envisioning when all that is Left is the Right.

SAd

edintexas Monday, May 2nd at 8:23AM EDT (link)

That is sad, but only slightly hyperbolic.

 
 

At least the kids won't slug anybody,

johnt Sunday, May 1st at 2:34PM EDT (link)

unlike the grown ups. It’s getting to be a habit, right out of the old SA/SS playbook. So are these children the SEIU Youth? What speck of decency could be found in people who do this?

“a man’s admiration for absolute government is proportinate to the contempt he feels for those around him”. Tocqueville

 

Bus away the young skulls of mush

ohiohistorian (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 4:49PM EDT (link)

Because their teachers will probably be there demonstrating, the young skulls should be there to see the strong-arm tactics and the foul language that their teachers and associates use. It might actually be a better education than they can get in the classroom from the same teachers who are being led around by the nose by their union.

““Liberals tend to put the onus of your success on society and conservatives on you and your family.”

Dennis Prager

 

Is this SEIU rally really "for economic and social justice"?

David123 (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 5:16PM EDT (link)

Just wondering if one of the main points of the rally would be that people should be able to keep the money they’ve earned, rather than having it taxed away from them.

Where’s the “economic and social justice” in requiring the productive to have a lower standard of living than they’ve earned, so the non-productive can enjoy more goods and services that they haven’t earned?

David123

 

Just a thought but...

anotherindyfilmguy (Diary) Sunday, May 1st at 11:34PM EDT (link)

Shouldn’t the organizers be charged with breaking child labor laws/exploitation or endangerment?

Razz Etc!
“Best Poker book written ever!!!” – Author’s unbiased opinion…

 

Already Happening

missyc Monday, May 2nd at 6:13AM EDT (link)

Saturday before Gov Rick Snyder spoke, at U of Michigan commencement, they already did this.
She made the front page. Interesting comments even in liberal Ann Arbor.
http://annarbor.com/news/protesters-at-pre-commencement-rally-in-ann-arbor-decry-snyder-budget-cuts/

 

A child will learn

popster Monday, May 2nd at 7:27AM EDT (link)

even without the help of hypocritical union teachers. The will to learn comes from within not from some loudmouth. What this gathering is showing is they know that people are starting to realize that it’s all about “gimme”.

 

Why so many Unions when only One should do?

charlie520 Monday, May 2nd at 8:33AM EDT (link)

Because they are all so small. Shrinkage is what I think they call it. Envy is the result.

 

NEA speech

pbeck Monday, May 2nd at 8:39AM EDT (link)

NEA General Counsel Bob Chanin (July 2009 speech)
“It is NOT because we care about children, and it is NOT because we have a vision for a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power. And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues…”

 

Where's an AG?

petrarch Monday, May 2nd at 9:02AM EDT (link)

This has to be against some law or other. Bring on the prosecutions, or at the very least firings for cause.

Scragged – Conservative Online Opinion Magazine

 

My

gunslingr45 Monday, May 2nd at 10:08AM EDT (link)

grandkids (3 school age) who live there won’t be going. My son sent a letter back saying he did not wish to have his children used against him to raise his taxes for no good reason.