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  • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

    As more teachers rebel against being forced to pay dues for something they oppose, the power of the teachers unions diminishes.


    (And I am conflicted over 'teacher's union', 'teachers' union', 'teachers union'.... is it a union representing teachers, or a union belonging to teachers (the possessive) or the figurative "teacher" who belongs to a union -- I believe you're using the proper form.)
    This might just give at least some of them a wakeup call:

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wh...euS?li=BBnbcA1


    White teachers must be first to be laid off under Minneapolis agreement



    White teachers must be laid off or reassigned first before “educators of color” under the terms of a Minneapolis teachers union contract between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers union and the school district.


    The contract's “educators of color protections” section states that if a nonwhite teacher is subject to excess, the district must instead excess a white teacher with the “next least” seniority, according to Alpha News. The agreement was made on March 25 between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers and the district to end a 14-day teacher strike, the Sunday report stated.

    “Starting with the Spring 2023 Budget Tie-Out Cycle, if excessing a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the District shall excess the next least senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population,” the agreement states.

    "Excessing" is defined as "the process of reducing staff in a particular school when there is a reduction in the number of available positions in a title or license area in that school," according to the United Federation of Teachers.

    The agreement also states that nonwhite teachers “may be exempted from district-wide layoff[s] outside seniority order.” The agreement also allows teachers from “underrepresented populations” to be reinstated to their positions over white teachers, according to the outlet.

    The reasoning in the agreement for enacting these measures is “to remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination by the District.”

    James Dickey, a senior trial counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center and a member of its legal team, claimed the racial component of the agreement violates the constitutions of both Minnesota and the United States. He encourages “any Minneapolis taxpayer or teacher who opposes this racial preference system” to send the law center an email.

    The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers did not respond to a request for comment.

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    • Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

      This might just give at least some of them a wakeup call:

      https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/wh...euS?li=BBnbcA1
      Can Minnesota afford to lay out even more money settling costly lawsuits?

      I'm always still in trouble again

      "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
      "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
      "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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      • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
        Can Minnesota afford to lay out even more money settling costly lawsuits?
        How many more will it take before Minnesotans figure out that it's actually their own money that's being taken to settle those lawsuits?

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        • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
          Can Minnesota afford to lay out even more money settling costly lawsuits?
          More proof of how racist liberals can be.
          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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          • Can't they just identify as an "educator of color?"

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            • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
              Can't they just identify as an "educator of color?"
              The Elizabeth Warren Gambit.

              I'm always still in trouble again

              "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
              "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
              "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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              • Originally posted by Sparko View Post
                Can't they just identify as an "educator of color?"
                Like this young lady?

                330px-Rachel_Dolezal_at_Spokane_Rally_cropped_2.jpg
                The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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                • Originally posted by rogue06 View Post
                  The Elizabeth Warren Gambit.
                  When liberals come after you, use their own tactics against them. If a person can choose their own gender, pronouns, etc, then they can choose their own ethnicity. How can they deny your wokeness? Will they claim that DNA proves you are not that ethnicity? Then they would have to admit that DNA proves a man claiming to be a woman is not a woman.

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                  • Originally posted by Sparko View Post

                    When liberals come after you, use their own tactics against them. If a person can choose their own gender, pronouns, etc, then they can choose their own ethnicity. How can they deny your wokeness? Will they claim that DNA proves you are not that ethnicity? Then they would have to admit that DNA proves a man claiming to be a woman is not a woman.
                    Turning the tables and ratcheting up the ridiculous factor (like having a 40 year old demand senior citizen discounts because they identify as being 65) is definitely one way to fight back.

                    I'm always still in trouble again

                    "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                    "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                    "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                    • Originally posted by Cow Poke View Post

                      And, across our great nation, that's changing, where a number of locales have "fired" their school board members and replaced them with conservatives.
                      The parent take-back of school boards continue in Florida. Of the 30 candidates who sought to flip school boards across the state, 19 have won, 5 have lost, and the rest have gone into runoffs because no one got 50 percent or more of the vote (multiple candidates). Numerous 1st, 2nd, and further incumbents lost to parents-rights candidates.
                      https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desanti...ements-1736413

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                      • Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

                        The parent take-back of school boards continue in Florida. Of the 30 candidates who sought to flip school boards across the state, 19 have won, 5 have lost, and the rest have gone into runoffs because no one got 50 percent or more of the vote (multiple candidates). Numerous 1st, 2nd, and further incumbents lost to parents-rights candidates.
                        https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desanti...ements-1736413
                        Good. That should be a head's up to school boards in other states. Keep supporting radical left propaganda and you can look for another job.

                        Now, let's see what sort of folks got swept into office, and keep any potential loons tamped down.

                        I'm always still in trouble again

                        "You're by far the worst poster on TWeb" and "TWeb's biggest liar" --starlight (the guy who says Stalin was a right-winger)
                        "Overall I would rate the withdrawal from Afghanistan as by far the best thing Biden's done" --Starlight
                        "Of course, human life begins at fertilization that’s not the argument." --Tassman

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                        • Originally posted by Gondwanaland View Post

                          The parent take-back of school boards continue in Florida. Of the 30 candidates who sought to flip school boards across the state, 19 have won, 5 have lost, and the rest have gone into runoffs because no one got 50 percent or more of the vote (multiple candidates). Numerous 1st, 2nd, and further incumbents lost to parents-rights candidates.
                          https://www.newsweek.com/ron-desanti...ements-1736413
                          And I hope this trend continues.
                          The first to state his case seems right until another comes and cross-examines him.

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