The 80% isn’t a research finding — it’s an arbitrary number that everyone, including the people issuing it, knows is arbitrary.
80% is a confession, not a finding. The number exists to make compliance auditable and deviation punishable. It is a loyalty test.
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![Hon Willow-Jean Prime: Why did she claim that unions are bullying when it's educators who have voted to strike?
Hon ERICA STANFORD: Those comments that I made this morning about unions who were bullying were in relation to conversations that I have had with teachers and principals who have spoken out in the media with a different view, and who have then had enormous pressure put on them by the union. In fact, that was backed up by a text message from a principal that I received after I made-[Interruption]
SPEAKER: No, stop. Start the answer again, and people will listen quietly.
Hon ERICA STANFORD: I made those comments in relation to a question that I was asked this morning, when the presenter, Ryan Bridge, made the comment that perhaps principals and teachers weren't speaking out because they felt like they were bullied, and I agreed with him. That was from a conversation that l've had with teachers and principals who have come out in the media with a different perspective on things and who have had enormous pressure put on them by the union. I would also say that that was backed up by a text message from a principal that I received after I made that comment, saying that my comments were so true-and the word "so" had about five
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