The Unions have a lot of power, it is not plenary, it is subject to challenge through process.
I have a brother who was a union VP and switched back into management where he uses his detailed knowledge of union rules and tactics to stymie and correct their abuses, using those processes.
When I speak to what the Teacher’s authority in a classroom is and call it plenary in regard to the management pf the students and others in classroom I speak to the old-school ways, and the ideal. Today’s environment is far from ideal, and the concern with how any action against a student will be viewed in a courtroom ends up the ability to ensure order in the classroom. Thus many of today’s classrooms operate close to the boundary of chaos. Lord of the Flies territory.
The courts have done this, no one should think well of those legal reasonings and perverse view of “civil liberty” because the fruit it bears is national ruination.
Agree.