Henry Hinton: "NCAE teachers union rally in Raleigh was like a communist / left wing rally". | Eastern NC Now

The NCAE teachers union deliberately chose the major holiday on the communist / socialist calendar, May Day for their rally in Raleigh.  They did that even though the group they were claiming to try to influence, the North Carolina legislature, typically does not meet on Fridays and was not even in town for their rally.  The far left symbolism was obviously more important to them than the opportunity to actually influence the key decision makers.

This morning on his "Talk of the Town" radio problem, WTIB's Henry Hinton was joined by a guest from the John Locke Foundation to discuss the NCAE rally.  Hinton referred to the NCAE gathering as "looking more like a communist / left wing rally" and his guest agreed.

While in their local areas, NCAE members spoke of their rally almost entirely in terms of seeking better teacher pay in the state budget, a legitimate issue, their tone in Raleigh was a lot more shrill and emphasized a much more radical agenda.  They called for collective bargaining for themselves to give the NCAE full union powers in dealing with local school boards.  They called for increasing taxes on "the rich".  They called for redistricting to help the Democrats.  They called for an end to enforcement of our immigration laws..

Maybe the NCAE did not want the legislature around to really see what radical leftwingers they are.  We in Beaufort County should remember that we have two members of this organization about to join our school board in December.