[GoCards]

The mayor? Is he a .... Is he a Democrat? You sure as hell wouldnt know it would you.

[bill1952]

Knowingly or not, he has taken the 1st step towards quickly raising the educational standards in that community.

[pyx]

Since there's lots of good teachers looking for jobs who don't want to pay union fees for union leaders to live lavish lifestyles, teachers should apply in Providence.

[maine-iac7]

the unions need to be OUT of education.

They killed our education.

Has NO place in education or law enforcement.

[Defend Liberty]

I originally thought the socialists will bus in some of out of state thugs in an attempt to intimidate city officials to reverse their decision but then I realized, with all the states and now municipalities taking the same approach simultaneously, there are only so many they can bus to out of state locations at the same time before they start to run out of protesters.

[JohnD9207]

I bet there are a bunch of happy kids in Providence tonight!

I am thinking that if NObama can just stay focused on the Gay folks for a while longer we might just get rid of the darn unions, then hire the teachers back. After all once the Union is gone the teachers can offset the loss in wages by paying more for their benefits against keeping those union dues. Only the Union thugs will be left looking for work....YEA!

[Cicero]

Apparently he’s a new mayor, just sworn in in January. An immigrant from the Dominican Republic. The old mayor was elected to Patrick Kennedy’s congressional seat.

http://www.heraldnews.com/news/x1733661239/Angel-Tavares-sworn-in-as-Providences-new-mayor

[devistate one four]

can you hear me now?!

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

The headline is a lie and the article is misleading.

The mayor of Providence hasn't fired a single teacher. He has authorized that all teachers be given notice that staff reductions could be taking place this year. All teachers were given notice rather than some as has been done in the past.

Indeed, he could fire every teacher if the circumstances required it budget-wise.....but the fact remains, he hasn't fired anyone.

But CNN and the union bosses don't want us to know that. Otherwise they couldn't get outraged and start spilling into the streets with their little signs.

[Rome2000]

Funny how teachers at catholic/private schools aren’t unionized and how most union member public school teachers that can afford it send their kids to catholic/private schools.

[tflabo]

So Scott Walker is getting lambasted for trying to prevent teacher layoffs while the Dem Tavares just fired a bunch of his. Will the Unions flock to protest in RI? Highly doubt it.

[Steely Tom]

Heavens to betsy! Some teachers might actually have to experience some anxiety. It's not fair I tell ya!

[LibFreeOrDie]

a March 1 deadline to notify municipal employees about "potential changes to their employment status."

The mayor and supt are doing what the law says they must do... a law that was most likely passed because of union demands.

[shadowcat]

screw the union

[fr_freak]

...one such teacher, Lori Iannucci, told CNN affiliate WPRI. "Teachers felt very negative, unappreciated. No questions were answered."

One of the worst aspects of today's culture is that people think their feelings are the most important thing in the world, and that policies should be based on those feelings. This kind of perversion of the order of things comes from the over-feminization of our culture, and will be one of the biggest factors in our destruction, should we continue down the path we're on.

[ThunderSleeps]

He accused Tavares of "making a political decision to take control and silence workers" -- a group that, he said, has consistently and continually worked with city leaders to implement reforms.

Just a thought... If you're working "consistently and continually" on something, that tells me you're not really making any progress on it. I guess he finally got fed up with all that consistent and continual work on reforms and just decided to start over. Good.

[GladesGuru]

Does that make Providence a “Free fire” zone?

;-)

[freekitty]

Didn’t someone say this is normal? Something about this happens every year.

[MV=PY]

"The mood in the meeting today was extremely grim," one such teacher, Lori Iannucci, told CNN affiliate WPRI. "Teachers felt very negative, unappreciated. No questions were answered."

Maybe we should chug on over to namby-pamby land... where maybe we can find some self confidence for you!!! you jack-wagon!!

LOL

[dianed]

And the teacher responds at the end of the article,

“How do we motivate our students to continue to value (us) as educators when our power has been taken away from us?” said Iannucci. “We’ll do our best. Really, what can we do?”

There is so much wrong with this....don’t even get me started......