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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:33 PM Original message |
Detroit to send layoff notices to all its public teachers |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:34 PM Response to Original message |
1. Oh great |
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robinlynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 09:36 PM Response to Original message |
2. ... |
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and-justice-for-all (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 10:02 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah, that will, uh.... |
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Snoutport (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Apr-14-11 11:03 PM Response to Original message |
4. k & r |
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maddezmom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:06 AM Response to Original message |
5. kick |
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Judi Lynn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Original message |
6. Detroit to send layoff notices to all its public teachers |
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madville (743 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
7. Makes sense if they are losing large amounts of population and tax base |
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rpannier (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Notice it said union employees |
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JustABozoOnThisBus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:38 AM Response to Reply #8 |
26. I wonder if there are any non-union teachers |
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Hannah Bell (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 01:52 PM Response to Reply #26 |
36. there are plenty of them in detroit charter schools. |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 10:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
40. That's because the union contract requires the district to send notices |
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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
9. Maybe it makes sense to send notices to those you actually intend to lay off. |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #9 |
21. It's per the union contract, according to the OP--and it makes sense. |
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Casandia (181 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
10. Are you from MIchigan?? |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Is there any push back on that new law? nt |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
12. Please tell me WHY it makes sense to fire ALL of our teachers. |
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bif (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #12 |
18. They do this in our school district every few years |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #18 |
19. It happened to BOTH of my sisters-in-law last summer. |
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S_B_Jackson (564 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:27 PM Response to Reply #12 |
38. They aren't all being fired. |
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PassingFair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 04:02 PM Response to Reply #38 |
39. Especially since their plans have included classroom of SIXTY students. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
13. Is that so. |
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vikings_fan (7 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
15. I see someone is ushering in the sensible people |
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JackRiddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #7 |
16. Really. They should preemptively fire everyone in the country, for the same reason. |
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groundloop (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. I don't understand why anyone would want to teach anymore, given they're always the scapegoat |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #11 |
14. You and me both! |
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Telly Savalas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 11:23 PM Response to Reply #11 |
41. Calling it poor management is a copout for a radical underfunding of the system |
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Zorra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
17. Why send notices to all th e teachers? Is it to scare them all, to keep them in line? |
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msanthrope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. It's per the union contract according to the OP. |
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SomeGuyInEagan (872 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
20. It is common to send out notices, but not to all. |
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blaze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
23. Do they hire them back at a lower salary? |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:07 AM Response to Reply #6 |
25. Counting the minutes until we hear, "Its the Unions fault". |
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greymattermom (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 03:05 PM Response to Reply #6 |
37. unemployment? |
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Bozita (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Original message |
27. (Robert) Bobb will use new powers to alter union contracts |
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Citizen Worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
28. Labor law falls under federal jurisdiction not state. Federal law as in the Wagner Act and Taft- |
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former9thward (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #28 |
30. No it doesn't. Public employees are not covered by federal law. |
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Shadowflash (180 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
29. I'm sure |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Why did the people of Michigan want to create these Emergency Manager positions? |
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TruthTeller (148 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #31 |
32. help...not all of us! n/t |
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freshwest (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #32 |
34. Did they sneak this through with some bill about emergency management? This doesn't sound right. |
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aquart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:48 AM Response to Reply #27 |
33. And this is why judges matter. |
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defendandprotect (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Apr-16-11 08:49 AM Response to Reply #27 |
35. k |
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