Ben Conover

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You don’t hate children & families if you don’t want these fraught actors to profit off our city’s kids. You aren’t a bad person if you question these moves. You should be skeptical of public money being diverted to private entities, especially with education. Don’t let paid off folks deceive you.

Anti-privatization advocates are familiar with this game. One need only look at airport privatization attempt or attempt to redirect $17m from SLPS to charters. There’s always some consultant getting paid to say it’s great. There’s always a legislator carrying water for a campaign account kickback.

Skeptics are routinely shouted down at hearings, gaslit by paid consultants, or accused of personal vendettas. Those being paid for their advocacy or who stand to benefit cannot fathom why anyone would advocate with no near-immediate financial gain. It’s a larger issue within our politics.

WEPOWER has a long track-record of involvement in education privatization. See: What’s Next SLPS?, the City/County ECE tax, Better Futures, and the first (illegal) ECE attempt at the BOA.

The recent bill’s online & in-person advocates either stand to benefit ($$ for providers) or are being paid.

Not so hot take, No public money for WePower.

Graduate student workers overwhelmingly vote to unionize at Saint Louis University For the first time, Saint Louis University’s graduate student workers will be represented by a union. They voted 352-39 to unionize, hoping to secure better pay and working conditions.  After polls cl...

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St. Louis University graduate students vote to unionize More than 500 St. Louis University teaching and research assistants will be part of the Graduate Workers of SLU union.

The Grad Workers at Saint Louis University chose UAW to represent us in collective bargaining by a vote of 352-39 this week. Check out the story here: www.stlpr.org/news-briefs/...

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