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Perfect example of unions gone sour, waste of time and money.
Disgraced teacher is worth $10M, makes $100,000 a year, does nothing, & refuses to leave
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/loc…In a defiant raspberry to the city Department of Education — and taxpayers — disgraced teacher Alan Rosenfeld, 66, won’t retire.
Deemed a danger to kids, the typing teacher with a $10 million real estate portfolio hasn’t been allowed in a classroom for more than a decade, but still collects $100,049 a year in city salary — plus health benefits, a growing pension nest egg, vacation and sick pay.
Mayor Bloomberg and Gov. Cuomo can call for better teacher evaluations until they’re blue-faced, but Rosenfeld and six peers with similar gigs costing about $650,000 a year in total salaries are untouchable. Under a system shackled by protections for tenured teachers, they can’t be fired, the DOE says.
- The unions themselves should start taking the initiative to clean this sort of shit uplocustsloth
- As in nearly every other area, a middle ground has to be found that doesn't allow abuses on either side (employer and employee)locustsloth
- employee).
And some fucking personal integrity would help too.locustsloth - *doesn't hold breathlocustsloth
- government in control.********
- I agree locustsloth. Are you kidding me, this guy!? Unions are out of control and the people in them as well.********
- Yes. I favor more government regulation and oversight. THat way they will have the power to get it right this time.********
- http://redtape.msnbc…********
- BTW, how the fuck can a NYC teacher make 10M, SIGN ME THE FUCK UP!********
- if you read, it's from his investments and his law practicelocustsloth
- yep, government employment is the only place you can moonlight with another full-time gig on the side.********
- isnt it unions self interest to promote this guy. Less work more pay. Its what all union members would love.********
- so in fact it would be against union leaders self interest to explain to people this is fucked he didnt earn it.********
- its like them taking a step into saying u keep what u earn with those willing to give u. wont happen locust********
- that's where the personal integrity i spoke of comes in. Also, the me not holding my breathlocustsloth
- IMO unions should WANT to eliminate this sort of malfeasance because it would strengthen their positionlocustsloth
- For all we know, these guys are innocent, falsely accused, etc. Not that it entitles them to pay w/out legit worklocustsloth
- But if they ARE innocent, this is the sort of things that unions can be beneficial for, protecting workerslocustsloth
- it'd be really easy to trump up accusations on a high paid teacher to get them out and save $locustsloth
- W/out a union to help them, this hypothetical teach is out on his ass for no reasonlocustsloth
- The situation is a problem with no easy answerslocustsloth
- no easy "socially exceptable" answers is true. Simple he chosoe to work for x amount of dollars without any tricky subsidizing. Done.********
- subsidizing and done. I think the fear of "workers rights or being abused is simply that fear. It happens with or without unions.********
- unions. The idea of unions seems to do more harm for incentives to manipualtion that not. which is the problem********
- i accept the right of union members to assemble and form. But be given no special legal privileges or subsidizations.********
- subsidizations. I also question the difference in all workers of an area holding a monopoly of labor.AS in such a monopoly of anything promotes ill behavior********
- anythign promotes incentives for ill behavior********
- im seeing more and more people neglect incentives for good intentions********
- likely why they see free market principles as failures. The idea of such is to analyze incentive.********
- I agree with both of you guys, no easy answers and personal accountability has to be part of it, but like you said... *sigh********
- I did read that, however, still he funded this through his salary and is doing it still by not working. Yes, cost of living********
- obviously is a lot more in NYC and teachers (good ones) deserve it, but this story stinks, stinks, stinks...********