Comments on: AFT Stages Coup (or Counter-Coup?) in Oregon http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/07/08/aft-stages-coup-or-counter-coup-in-oregon/ A listening post monitoring public education and teachers' unions. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:02:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Chris Lowe http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/2009/07/08/aft-stages-coup-or-counter-coup-in-oregon/comment-page-1/#comment-2782 Chris Lowe Sun, 12 Jul 2009 19:29:49 +0000 http://www.eiaonline.com/intercepts/?p=2020#comment-2782 This is definitely a coup, not a countercoup. The suspended executive board won their elections. The apparently unintended irony of Mark Richard saying the job of union leaders includes "creating ... democracy in the union hall" after taking such an action would be laughable if it weren't sad. A statement reflecting the viewpoint of the suspended leadership can be found at: http://www.takeback5017.org This is definitely a coup, not a countercoup. The suspended executive board won their elections. The apparently unintended irony of Mark Richard saying the job of union leaders includes “creating … democracy in the union hall” after taking such an action would be laughable if it weren’t sad.

A statement reflecting the viewpoint of the suspended leadership can be found at:

http://www.takeback5017.org

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