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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem is that teachers have a lot of power here. There is a national teacher shortage. If we fire all the teachers, we will be in an even worse off position. Alienating teachers and principals was a very stupid move by the mayor and chancellor. I don’t fully blame teachers as the US worships at the altar of capitalism and why wouldn’t teachers act in their own best interests. [/quote]

Teachers don’t actually have much power here.

1.) Teachers in DC are — by a mile — the best paid in America. It’s not uncommon for teachers to make six figures.

2.) If they quit, who is going to hire them? Governments across the country are cutting their budgets. Who is going to hire thousands of teachers suddenly on the market.

3.) In most of the country, schools are back in session — IN PERSON. Many of the places that might hire DC teachers who quit would require them to go back to the classroom.

Bowser should call their bluff and tell teachers who refuse to show up for work are fired immediately. 98 percent would show up.[/quote]

Only she cant fire any of them. the union forbids firing for demanding work.[/quote]

She can obviously fire them. And she should. They’re refusing to do their jobs. The government is not required to pay workers who refuse to work.[/quote]

Wrong. She cannot arbitrarily fire teachers without due process to EACH teacher indivudually. Meaning they would get paid, while their cases work thorugh the bureaucracy. This is what unions do.[/quote]

Actually, if teachers went on strike she could fire them collectively. However, to your point, they would still have rights to appeal. The city wouldn't fire teachers anyway for that reason, too expensive. Rather, the city would file suit and ask the courts to fine the union, probably Liz Davis and/or other union staff (agents as they are called in the agreement) individually. It would not take long to financially ruin the union. In meantime teachers wouldn't get paid because they wouldn't be working.[/quote]

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