Debate today

Reyna and Krevin will debate during C/D lunch --prepare. Cassie and Wilson either prep for TOC or watch/judge this round.

Debating this week

Cassie and Wilson must get ready for the CRT.

Tues, Wednesday, Thursday PF will debate during C/D lunch (Reyna, CJ, and Krevin). Whoever is not debating, is judging the round. Get ready!

PF anxst

Which speech in PF is the most challenging for you to deliver and why?


Work on cases. Prepare to debate both sides.

Next year should I teach PF first or Policy to the novices? Defend your position.

How speeches work

If you are speaking first (as a team), explain what needs to happen in each speech delivered by you and your partner.

Creating Clash

If a team presents a case that is not resolutional and offers no clash to your case, how do you create clash for the debate round?

Case work

Is an affirmative case that simply argues unions good resolutional? Why or why not?

a/t: this arg

hooookay PF peepz, answer this business.

There are many ways unions help the economy, and I now list but a few of them. Economic security forworkers will increase consumer demand, which in turn will spur economic recovery. Better wages and benefits, along withthe ability to speak out at work about one’s workplace concerns, make workers more content and therefore more productive.Improved wages and benefits will lead to more stable households where children receive the benefit of a good education,and will enter the labor market as better workers. Union‐negotiated benefits like sick leave will allow workers tostay home and recover rather than go to work day‐in and day‐out in a debilitated state, or expose colleagues to illness.

Please Provide an A/T:

Mandatory arbitration is unfair. The EFCA grants 90 days, for both sides to come to an agreement. Thirty days later, if the parties have not settled on a contract, the Federal government will impose a contract on both sides that is binding for two years, regardless of whether the contract is desirable, fair, or even workable. Under current law, workers can vote down a union contract they do not support. Workers also can strike or refrain from striking. All these rights give workers a degree of control over the union and their workplace. With government imposed contracts in place these rights disappear. An arbitrator’s word will be final, so a vote to reject a union contract is out of the question. With government imposed contracts, workers would lose all say in the workplace. They could not even ask their employers for a raise for good performance. Likewise, the employers could not give them a raise. EFCA deprives workers of all choices regarding union issues. The arbitrator’s decision does not even have to get the two sides to agree. Thus, the conflict is never actually solved; It is simply delayed for two years, while the government seizes control of the union, workplace, and employees.
For this reason, I urge a negative Ballot.

Round tonight

PF debaters should attend the round tonight to either debate or to flow and learn. Work on revising case today and writing blocks. Spencer and Cassie, please post a "how would you respond to this contention" for both aff/neg on this topic for debates to respond to for tomorrow's blog.

Drafts due

You should complete your draft for your case today and hand it in. Also, you need to work on writing blocks.

Prepare for Guest Speaker

We have a guest speaker arriving at 3:00 who will spend about an hour presenting both sides of the Equal Employment Act. Make sure you have questions prepared in advance (by end of today's class) and finish revising cases and work on blocks for Thursday's debate.

Free Choice Wednesday

List & Provide Examples/Evidence For Arguments Against Fine Increases For Companies Under The Employee Free Choice Act.

Free Choice Tuesday

List & Provide Examples/Evidence For Arguments Against Mandatory Arbitration.

Free Choice Monday

List & Provide Examples/Evidence For Arguments Advocating For "The Secret Ballot".


Mike Wilson-
I'd like to be able to work with you on your Rebuttal & Final Focus speeches. What days are you available after school? Not Wed or Tues/Thurs until after 4:00.

Free Choice

Watch this video: http://freechoice.seiu.org/page/s/freechoice1?source=adwords&subsource=silber&gclid=CJa2xf2Z1ZkCFSAhDQodvxbTWA

Affirmative advantages

Identify two advantages of this legislation and cite your evidence you need to use to warrant these claims.

Role of Unions in Economic Decline

What is the role of unions in today's economic decline? Will they sink the ship or save the crew? Explain and cite your evidence.