Wednesday, November 11, 2009

WTU Reaching Out

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Anonymous said...

We teachers, here in RI, just got one of your administrators as the new RI commissioner.Deborah Gist. She is not teacher/labor friendly and wants to eliminate seniority like she did to you besides instituting other union busting ideas. What can you tell me about her I can tell my colleagues> thank you...

December 6, 2009 at 5:41 PM

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