Chapter 1725 Obstacles From Trade Unions (1)

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Susu returned to her apartment after resting at Yang's house overnight, mainly because she was frightened by Liu Yun's concern. Have you ever seen a person who is less than two months pregnant and has to support her when she goes to the bathroom?

It's not Liu Yun's fault, she is also concerned about it, but she is confused. When she was pregnant with Yang Cheng, she was so frightened and was served by her mother-in-law. Now it is her turn to serve others.

Yang Cheng personally sent Susu home, and seeing Susu sitting on her ass, as if she was alive after a catastrophe, Yang Cheng laughed and said, "As for it? But your place is really not suitable for raising babies, my mother is right, wait Will I buy you a house near home later?"

Susu shook her head like a rattle, "No, I have money, I can buy it myself~"

Yang Cheng waved his hand, "Keep your money to buy clothes and food for yourself, and you don't have to worry about the house. You can stay here for a few days at ease. Old John has already gone to see the house, and I believe the results will come soon."

After a pause, he pointed to the two female men guarding the door, "Take them with you when you go out. They are all female soldiers who have been on the battlefield. They are enough to protect your safety. You must treat them well, so they will protect you with all your heart. ~"

This time Susu didn't refuse. Well, she knew that it was useless to refuse. When it came to safety, she couldn't be too cautious. The Yang family would never give in on safety, "Got it~"

He lowered his head and bit his nails, "Over there~"

"You don't have to worry about the company's affairs. As for Liu Junyu, I asked you for a long vacation yesterday. I told you that you are in poor health and need long-term recuperation. You still get paid, and you don't have to go to work every day. By the way, Liu Junyu guessed that you are pregnant."

"What?" Susu turned pale in panic, she didn't expect to be known so soon.

"If you know it, you will know it, anyway, you will know it sooner or later~"

"Yeah, but..."

"Don't worry about it, it's no big deal. I'm in the prime of my life, and I'm young. Isn't it normal to be pregnant?"

Su Su glanced at him reproachfully, "Huh~"

A woman is pregnant because of Yang Cheng. No matter who it is, it is an exciting thing. Without him, at least it proves that he is a complete man, and he has not lost his basic functions because he enjoys the benefits of the time traveler. When the boulder fell to the ground, everyone felt much more relaxed.

This day was the day when Morgenthau and Besidevos met. Yang Cheng, as the referrer, had to attend, because the identities of the two parties were relatively sensitive, and the meeting place had to be extra cautious.

In the end, Yang Cheng chose to arrange the meeting at sea. The two parties arrived at the pier by car, quickly boarded the yacht, and talked about things after going out to sea. This is more secure, at least there is no need to worry about evidence of the direct meeting being photographed by interested people.

Yang Cheng personally drove the yacht out of the pier and slowly sailed towards the open sea. At this time, Besid Voss and Morgenthau had already met and started to "plot".

When the coastline gradually disappeared from sight, Yang Cheng handed over the control of the yacht to Andrew, and turned back to the salon area. The huge leisure space allows guests to deeply feel the magnificence of the sea.

"Hey~ two, how's the chat going?"

Yang Cheng entered the bar and poured himself a glass of whiskey, because today's meeting is highly confidential, except for the necessary pilots, there is no service staff on board, and even the pilots are required to stay at their jobs before boarding the ship. It is not allowed to enter the line of sight of guests without permission.

So Yang Cheng can only serve herself.

"Not bad, Mr. Morgenthau is a great writer~" Beside Voss praised him without hesitation.

Morgenthau also had a wave of business bragging, "Ms. DeVos is the most attractive and thoughtful female entrepreneur I know. She will do a great job in the field of education. Let's look forward to it~ "

Yang Cheng is about to vomit, but you "zz family" can talk, can you be more disgusting?

He couldn't help but interrupted, "Let's talk about business, shall we?"

Morgenthau immediately changed his style of painting, "In fact, I can't help much. The appointment of cabinet members is the power of the president.

Congress cannot intervene. "

As soon as Yang Cheng heard it, he knew that the two hadn't talked to the actual place. Morgenthau's words could not be wrong but they were not right. The Senate is a cabinet member who can reject the president's nomination. Of course, most of the time, the Senate will approve it. I will not cause trouble for the president on this issue.

Of course, what Besid Voss wants is more than just agreeing to this level. He needs to use Morgenthau's relationship to break through the hostile attitude of the public school.

"Mr. Morgenthau, I know you have a good relationship with Mr. Nathan Sanders from AFT~" Besidworth pointed out her appeal directly.

AFT is the abbreviation of American Federation of Teachers, which is also the second largest teachers' union in the United States. The largest union is NEA, the abbreviation of National Education Association.

NEA was established earlier and has the largest number of members, up to 3.2 million; while AFT was established about 60 years later, but it has developed rapidly, with more than 1.7 million members.

Teachers are the industry with the highest proportion of union members in the United States. Therefore, the teachers union is one of the most powerful unions in the United States. It has the largest number of members, the most sufficient funds, and is extremely united. Trade unions have the right to speak to a certain extent.

In the ongoing election campaign in full swing, the teachers' union appeared on Mrs. Lagerton's list of large donation organizations.

In the past 20 years, the teachers' union aft nea has ranked second in zz's donations, which shows its explosive combat effectiveness. The teachers' union not only has strong human and financial resources, but also uses it to develop contacts in the two dang, showing a strong influence. Especially at the level of the state ZF, it is a very powerful force. At present, many officials who are afraid of the teachers' union even call them terrorist organizations, which is not too much.

With such a background, it is not surprising that Morgenthau can know the president of AFT.

As for the reason why teachers' unions are so awesome, as long as you understand the relevant systems in the United States, you will understand.

The basic education in the United States adopts a school district system with multiple financial support from the federal and state governments. The leadership of each school includes the local education committee, the state government department of education, and the management of the federal department of education, as well as the head of the central office of the school district and its subordinate institutions. .

Under multiple management, it is an educational rule system that does not belong to each other. There are 8 leaders standing on the head of an employee. Who do you let the employee listen to?

One of the most typical phenomena is that the same student fails to meet the passing standards in one school district, and then travels dozens of kilometers away to another school but meets the assessment standards. In the end, a huge, complicated and contradictory education management system is formed. .

To a certain extent, Besid Voss' proposal is a sorting out of these systems. By holding financial power, he clarifies the relationship between the upper and lower levels of the education system, but this is equivalent to touching the cake of countless people. It's no wonder that people don't object. If we must grasp the core contradiction, then the teachers' union, which has influence in countless institutions, is the biggest problem.

Teachers in early public education were often served by housewives, and their salaries were not high. Therefore, the purpose of teachers' unions was to ensure the employment of disadvantaged and low-income groups.

However, with the help of the special status of education and the huge number of members, during the civic movement since the 1960s and 1970s, trade unions and their leaders have become more and more aware of their political influence, and eventually became today's special interest groups.

So how do you maximize your influence? It's very simple. Participate in the election. They are the two largest sponsors in the United States. Every year, more than 55 million U.S. dollars in activity funds are donated to parliamentary elections at all levels. Ten donated to the donkey party.

Due to such a relationship and influence, all levels from the federal government to the state zf are unwilling to have conflicts with the teachers' unions. Nonsense, conflicts are equivalent to cutting off one's own future, and only fools would do this.

Having established its own zz advantage, education unions began to seek their own interests. In the United States, an average of 57 doctors have their medical license revoked; an average of 97 lawyers have their lawyer’s license revoked. For teachers, this The number is 1 in 2500.

You know, teachers are a profession that is easy to judge. Whether your level is high or not depends on your teaching quality. Under such standards, there is a completely mismatched elimination rate, which shows what role teachers' unions have played in it.

The reason is that under the intervention of the trade union, the school signed a labor agreement with the teachers to have a "lifetime tenure system".

This concept originated in universities, which stipulate tenure for professors in order to protect academic freedom and independence.

However, the evaluation criteria for tenured professor qualifications in universities are very cumbersome and lengthy, and only a very small number of people can get it. It can be described as rare.

Yet public school teachers automatically get tenure after two years of teaching, it doesn't matter if you teach shit, once a principal tried to fire a teacher who showed students movies and let students chat freely in class, but ended up in Under the intervention of the trade union, he had to pay one year's wage arrears to rehire him.

To put it bluntly, the trade union requires all teachers to be treated in the same way, without individual differences.

In the past two decades, many people have tried to touch this big cake, such as trying to use standardized tests to evaluate schools and students as a standard system for evaluating teachers' abilities. As a result, nearly 500 teachers from the two major teachers' unions The strong opposition from Wan members finally came to nothing.

Think about it, how can a union that rejects even the evaluation standards agree to Besidworth's attempt to change the school choice rules and allow free school choice, a mechanism that may cause divisions in the status of teachers, to pass?

In fact, as far as the current situation is concerned, even if the complicated and cumbersome evaluation standards are implemented, they basically have no binding force on teachers.

Anyway, public education administrators can neither fire poor teachers nor reward good teachers for performance.

The only thing the principals can do is kick the worst teachers in their hands to other schools in the school district every year, and then accept a teacher who was kicked over by other schools. It's like asking Uncle Pan and Guo Xiaosi to compare their heights. It is estimated that even a fine measuring instrument can't tell the difference.