Friday, February 13, 2009

John de Beck and others who used to agree with CTA are wondering how it went wrong

SDUSD Trustee John de Beck

I used to think that California Teachers Association worked for the public good. Now I think they work for themselves, and are standing in the way of desperately needed education reform. John de Beck also seems to have become disillusioned with CTA.


The 'Labor Guy' At Odds with Labor
By EMILY ALPERT
Feb. 3, 2009

John de Beck was once the treasurer of the San Diego teachers union and still calls himself a "labor guy." But nearly two decades since the retired teacher was elected to the squabbling San Diego Unified board, he is on the outs with the teachers union just as it gains new political pull in the school district.

De Beck says the union changed. The union says he did. Its website calls him "a former ally" whose "recent actions are not those of a friend, ally or advocate for working people."...

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