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FrankRep
05-20-2011, 05:07 PM
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Tennessee joins a growing number of states with Republican-controlled governments that have tackled public-employee unions, particularly teachers' unions.


Tennessee Latest State to Take On Public-Employee Unions (http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7562-tennessee-latest-state-to-take-on-public-employee-unions)


Bruce Walker | The New American (http://thenewamerican.com/)
20 May 2011


The Republican-controlled legislature of Tennessee (http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20110520/us_nm/us_education_tennessee) has become the latest in a growing number of states to tackle public-employees unions. On May 19, its House of Representatives voted 59 to 39 to remove from teachers' unions significant collective bargaining rights. Though the bill does not affect bargaining for pay or benefits, it does take away the right to bargain on issues such as job performance, classroom assignments, and bonus pay. The measure will now go to the Tennessee Senate, which earlier this month voted by an 18 to 14 margin to repeal a 1978 law that required school boards to engage in collective bargaining with teachers' unions. The votes in both houses of the state legislature very closely approximated the new Republican majorities in both houses: 65 to 39 in the House and 19 to 13 in the Senate.

Democrats argued that the bill is an attack on teachers...
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Other States:

Idaho (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/04/09/idaho-education-reform_n_847048.html) has already enacted three different laws this legislative session to limit the power of its teachers' unions.
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Indiana (http://www.insideindianabusiness.com/newsitem.asp?ID=47280) also passed a law in April that removes from its state teachers' unions the right to collectively bargain on issues such as school calendars, class size, and teacher evaluations.
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In Oklahoma (http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/01/us-oklahoma-teachers-idUSTRE7300KM20110401), Governor Mary Fallin has signed into law a bill that would eliminate the right of teachers to appeal their firing to state district courts.
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The Ohio legislature (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/03/30/ohio-union-bill-faces-hou_n_842666.html) has passed and Governor John Kasich has signed into law a measure that would eliminate the right of teachers' unions to negotiate health care benefits, retirement, and sick leave.
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The Sunshine State (http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/03/17/florida-governor-sign-teacher-merit-pay-legislation/) is yet another that has taken on teachers' unions. Florida Senate Bill 6 bans union dues payroll deductions for activities related to political campaigns or tax exempt organizations engaged in political activity.
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Full Story:
http://thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/7562-tennessee-latest-state-to-take-on-public-employee-unions