Posted on 08/17/2022 4:37:25 AM PDT by MtnClimber
The latest Minneapolis teachers' union contract stipulates that white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before "educators of color" — regardless of their seniority — in the event Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) needs to reduce staff.
The Minneapolis Federation of Teachers (MFT) and MPS struck a deal back on March 25 to end a 14-day teacher strike, after which the two sides drew up and ratified a new collective bargaining agreement complete with various proposals. One of those proposals dealt with "educators of color protections." The two bodies reached an agreement stating that if a non-white teacher is subject to excess, MPS must excess a white teacher with the "next least" seniority. (According to the United Federation of Teachers, "excessing" means "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.")
The agreement reads: "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." (Whites are a minority in various parts of Minneapolis.)
That agreement clearly violates the Civil Rights Act, as well as the Equal Protection Clause of the Constitution. But no matter — let's not quibble over the details.
I would like to know who gets "excessed" after white teachers. Are Mexican educators next on the list? Jewish? Would black males be let go before lesbian females of Asian descent, or vice versa?
(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...
The teachers can vote to reject the contract. If they don’t, they deserve what they get. After all, they voted to let the union represent them.
How can this be legal?
Well, this is clearly a case of discrimination. If this doesn’t get them sued, we need to break up the US now.
Everyone involved in this—school officials, lawyers, union officials, etc.—should be fired. Those attorneys on both sides should be disbarred.
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