{"id":204761,"date":"2021-03-09T15:45:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:45:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204761"},"modified":"2021-03-09T15:45:57","modified_gmt":"2021-03-09T20:45:57","slug":"private-la-teachers-union-facebook-group-warns-members-not-to-post-vacation-photos-because-of-optics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/private-la-teachers-union-facebook-group-warns-members-not-to-post-vacation-photos-because-of-optics\/","title":{"rendered":"Private LA Teachers Union Facebook Group Warns Members Not To Post Vacation Photos Because Of \u2018Optics\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprivate-la-teachers-union-facebook-group-warns-members-not-to-post-vacation-photos-because-of-optics%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=204761&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/GettyImages-1231594487.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>UTLA, the Los Angeles teachers union, voted late last week not to return to in-person classroom instruction until a series of demands are met \u2014 including a demand that all teachers and staff be vaccinated against COVID-19 \u2014 but now members are warning each other, on a private Facebook group, not to reveal that some individuals have been taking vacations while schools have been closed to avoid bad \u201coptics.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Newsweek reports that a \u201cprivate&nbsp;Facebook group from a teachers union in Los Angeles warned members not to post images of Spring break vacations online after the union voted to remain closed for in-person instruction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMembers of the United Teachers Los Angeles (UTLA) union were told to avoid sharing images of vacations in a leaked private Facebook group to avoid controversy with parents,\u201d the outlet noted, citing Fox 11 LA, which found the post.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFriendly reminder: If you are planning any trips for Spring Break, please keep that off of Social Media. It is hard to argue that it is unsafe for in-person instruction if parents and the public see vacation photos and international travel,\u201d one of the group\u2019s members posted to the others.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">NEW: In a leaked post from a private Facebook group for UTLA union members only, teachers are warned not to post on social media if they go on spring break vacations because the optics would be bad for them while UTLA is refusing to return to &#8220;unsafe&#8221; in-person schooling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXLA?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOXLA<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KxQc7k450T\">pic.twitter.com\/KxQc7k450T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BillFOXLA\/status\/1369102199205203969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 9, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/deadline.com\/2021\/03\/utla-vote-no-school-1234708372\/\">According to Deadline<\/a>, UTLA has flatly refused to return to classrooms until their demands are met and the union\u2019s membership voted, on Friday, to refuse to return to in-person learning, even though California Governor Gavin Newsom announced, earlier last week, that the state plans to free up billions in aid for \u201csafety improvements, such as ventilation systems and protective equipment.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe union is demanding that all teachers and school staff be vaccinated before they return to in-person instruction. It also does not want campuses to reopen until Los Angeles County moves out of the \u2018purple\u2019 tier,\u201d Deadline reported. \u201cUnion officials argue that while the countywide transmission rate has dropped below the 25 per 100,000 residents threshold, many neighborhoods the LAUSD serves are lower-income, and have rates that are three times as high as more affluent communities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Los Angeles United School District is, by contrast, looking to have students back in classrooms in April.<\/p>\n<p>The union likely knows what is at stake when such photographs become public.<\/p>\n<p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/teacher-on-exec-board-of-chicago-teachers-union-tells-teachers-to-stay-home\">the Daily Wire reported last month<\/a>, as Chicago Public Schools was busy negotiating a return to classrooms with the Chicago Teachers Union, a teacher on the union\u2019s executive board posted photos of her Puerto Rican beach vacation to Instagram, triggering an immediate backlash against CTU, which was, at the time, claiming a return to classrooms was simply too risky.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have the whole pool to ourselves,\u201d the teacher captioned one shot. \u201cThen, we are going to old San Juan to get some yummy seafood mofongo. We have an entire Airbnb house to ourselves. I\u2019m here with my friend who also had covid.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>CTU and CPS argued for weeks over a return to in-person learning but, ultimately, the public school system won out and Chicago students may return to classrooms if their parents choose. Students in K-8 are already back to in-person instruction and high school students are expected to return to classrooms this month. The union received few concessions in its standoff with the city; teachers were given \u201cpriority\u201d for the vaccine and the city agreed to better hygiene practices.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement made following published reports of the Facebook post, the union insisted hiding vacation photos was not an official policy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a diverse membership and they are able to post their views on personal Facebook pages and in this Facebook group\u2014however UTLA does not monitor nor is responsible for the content. We do not want to discourage a robust dialogue for members in the public square of opinion,\u201d they said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"css-j7qwjs\">\n<div id=\"post-body-text\">\n<div class=\"e12o35pe0 css-1wr5klf\">\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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