Posted on 08/28/2014 10:37:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
After the Vergara v. California decision in Californias state Supreme Court, which held that key job protections for teachers are unconstitutional, anti-union advocates everywhere began spawning copycat lawsuits. But while reformers may genuinely want to fix education for everyone, their efforts will only worsen diversity in the teaching corps. The truth is that an attack on bad teacher tenure laws (and ineffective teachers in general) is actually an attack on black professionals. If the Vergara clones succeed, black children will lose effective teachers and the black community will lose even more middle-class jobs.
Black workers are most likely to hold public sector union jobs. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, among the major ethnic groups, blacks (13.6 percent) represent the highest percentage of union members among the total number of workers (whites are 11 percent; Asians are 9.4 percent; and Hispanics are 9.4 percent), and the highest unionization rates among all professions were in the education services occupations (35.3 percent). In 26 of the 48 jurisdictions (states plus the District of Columbia) where at least some black and some white teachers are covered by collective bargaining agreements, blacks are more likely to be covered by agreements than whites. This is the case in California, where the Vergara decision originated. Blacks are more likely to teach in urban areas in many states, and so are more likely to be covered by collective bargaining. Therefore, black teachers have much at stake in the Vergara decision.
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bkmk
Wait, is his argument really that getting rid of bad teachers means getting rid of Black teachers?
O.K. so who is the racist here?
It’s ironic that black workers depend so much on unions considering the racial bias most unions practiced at one time. Even today there are some local union chapters and some small craft guilds that attempt to shun blacks.
Thank you for adding that explanation.
Anyone care to parse this? Does it need parsing?
Teachers got a 31 day window in August to opt out. Michigan Unions Brace for Teacher Opt-Out Decision
I would venture that means that out of the total number (100%) of workers, 43.4% are union.
“Labor experts say Michigan unions will have to find other ways to demonstrate their value even though they still have collective bargaining power. In neighboring Wisconsin, more than one-third of teachers dropped their union membership after a 2011 law effectively ended collective bargaining for most public employees. But in right-to-work Alabama, nearly 80 percent of teachers voluntarily belong to the union and pay dues, said Adler.”
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/michigan-unions-brace-teacher-opt-decision-25115867
Pretty much so. The left loves disparate impact.
Thank you!
“among the total number of workers”
I see that now; they normally only call union members “workers” (unless it is to their advantage not to).
Many, many “educators” are an embarrassment to their selves and to their “profession”. Tenure is one of the more often misused rules. Incompetence is often protected.
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