Sadly an article written by an intern in Crosscut fails to discuss the issues with the proposed UW faculty union. The issue deserved a LOT more insight. The article is right about one thing. The UW pays its non contract faculty abysmal wages to provide entry level courses. Annual salaries can[...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sawantism’
November 25th, 2015 - 9:55 am § in Misc.
Sawantism: Sawant loses bid for parental leave
Council Passes Budget After Fight Over Paid Parental Leave | Seattle Politics Sawant spars with rest of council over parental leave funding in final budget vote. SEATTLEMET.COM I support leave BUT …as usual .., Sawant is all about show. Leave needs to consider fairness to non parents, t[...]
November 24th, 2015 - 1:16 am § in Misc.
Sawant and Hypocrisy
Sawant: Seattle must stand up to wave of bigotry by Kshama Sawant – at the Seattle Globalist Nov 20, 2015 Seattle City Councilmeber Kshama Sawant. (Photo via City of Seattle.) We have all watched in horror the tragedy that took place in Paris, and our hearts go out to the victims and t[...]
November 12th, 2015 - 4:29 pm § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
U. of Illinois settles with Steve Salaita
The University of Illinois yanked a job offer to Salaita after he tweeted “incendiary statements about Israel” during its Gaza offensive last year. He sued, and the university settled with him today. Some people thought it was about academic freedom and free speech. To others, it was a [...]
November 8th, 2015 - 12:26 pm § in Misc.
Jewish Cowardice In Seattle
Stand With Us is a Jewish organization intended to combat conflation of antisemitism and hatred of Israel. Their main target is the boycott movement, BDS. Here in the Northwest the current focus is opposing the Portland Human Rights Commission’s endorsement of a BDS proposal that Portland boyc[...]
October 27th, 2015 - 12:16 am § in Misc.
David Preston: How Sawant’s Redshirts Pack a Meeting
Outrage on Demand . On October 6, I was treated to something I’d never seen in 27 years of following Seattle politics: Paid shills drumming for a councilmember during an official meeting. It was at a public hearing on budget priorities. Twenty minutes in to the public testimony, a woman named [...]
October 24th, 2015 - 1:37 am § in Misc.
Sawant (Finally) Shows Up for a District 3 Meeting
Stephanie Tschida (FACEBOOK) I’m going to step out on a limb here, because I’ve got friends who are supporting Kshama Sawant for the District 3 Council position. Last night at the EastPAC (East Precinct Advisory Council) meeting, several neighbors expressed concern and frustration about[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 1:54 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
With a Faculty Senate, Why Should the UW Faculty Need a Union?
The anonymity of the email at the left aside , I think the content is accurate and raises the issue of SEIU and how it uses the dues as well as the weakness of the UW’s concept of shared governance. 1. I oppose the SEIU because it is much more than a union of workers, it is a [&hellip[...]
October 19th, 2015 - 12:21 am § in Misc.
Sawant defines socialism
So, there has been some confusion about what “socialism” means. Bernie Sanders equates his “socialism” with the social democracy that has ruled most of Europe since WWII and accounts for the success of such capitalist entities as Sweden, Germany, Denmark, Norway and .. m[...]
David Preston: Is Kshama Sawant in an Inappropriate Relationship?
Read this story and decide for yourself. [...]