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Minneapolis teachers union agreement stipulates white teachers be laid off first
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:46 pm
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:46 pm
quote:
An agreement between the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers union and the school district states that white teachers will be laid off before teachers of color, regardless of their seniority.
The agreement, which was reached to end a two-week teacher strike last spring, says that starting this school year, "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."
Excessing teachers is the process by which staff are reduced at a particular school due to a drop in enrollment, funding or other reasons.
The agreement further goes on to say that when reinstating teachers, "the District shall prioritize the recall of a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the district."
According to the agreement, the purpose of the policies is to solve for "past discrimination" by the district, which the agreement said "disproportionately impacted the hiring of underrepresented teachers in the District, as compared to the relevant labor market and the community, and resulted in a lack of diversity of teachers."
[quote]In a summary of the agreement, the union says that the policies will move the district "closer to safe and stable schools."
"Students need educators who look like them and who they can relate to," the document says. "This language gives us the ability to identify and address issues that contribute to disproportionately high turnover of educators of color."
quote:
Edward Barlow, a band teacher and member of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers executive board, told the Star Tribune that the agreement can be a "national model" for finding ways to retain teachers of color.
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Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:47 pm to SPEEDY
What could go wrong...
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:47 pm to SPEEDY
Ignorance everywhere....
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:47 pm to SPEEDY
This will go well
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:48 pm to SPEEDY
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This post was edited on 8/15/22 at 3:49 pm
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:48 pm to SPEEDY
Racism is a spectrum
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:48 pm to SPEEDY
Have they seen scores of school systems with predominately african-american administrators and teachers?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:48 pm to SPEEDY
Why would any white person join that union or continue membership in that union?
Also, sounds illegal. Doesn't that fly in the face of US labor discrimination laws?
Also, sounds illegal. Doesn't that fly in the face of US labor discrimination laws?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:49 pm to SPEEDY
I'd sure be interested in seeing a leftist come in here and explain how this isn't textbook discrimination
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:49 pm to SPEEDY
Wow…..
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:50 pm to SPEEDY
Why would anyone want to be a teacher these days
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:50 pm to SPEEDY
So their solution for past discrimination is more discrimination?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:51 pm to SPEEDY
quote:
the union says that the policies will move the district "closer to safe and stable schools."
"Students need educators who look like them and who they can relate to,
Imagine if a rural district that was 95% white used this same logic in their hiring practices.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:51 pm to SPEEDY
"Students need educators who look like them and who they can relate to,"
Wow...
Wow...
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:52 pm to SPEEDY
all the white teachers should quit and move.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:52 pm to SPEEDY
They should all quit just to see what would happen.
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:52 pm to SPEEDY
Makes sense since you can’t be racist towards white folk. Amiright?
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:53 pm to SPEEDY
Yikes
Posted on 8/15/22 at 3:53 pm to SPEEDY
Let’s fix racism with….more racism!
Talk about a slam dunk, employment attorneys lickin’ their chops about this, I’m sure.
Talk about a slam dunk, employment attorneys lickin’ their chops about this, I’m sure.
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