Idaho Passes Law to Curb Unions' Collective Bargaining Rights

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The Idaho state legislature passed a bill into law Tuesday that will restrict the rights of the state's public school teachers. Yahoo! News reports, via Reuters, that the Idaho law will restrict collective bargaining rights similar to laws that are being pushed in Wisconsin, Michigan and many other states.

The law will eliminate many union-implemented rights such as teacher tenure and reduces the length of teacher labor contracts to one year. The law also removes seniority as an overriding factor in considering layoffs. The law is the first to be passed among the many states working to push through new collective bargaining rules and to weaken the unions.

Wisconsin is Most Publicized Battle Between State and Union

Wisconsin has gained the most attention as this budget cutting movement gathers steam. The public battle between Gov. Scott Walker and the states Democrat senators has escalated to childish extremes. The Democrat senators have left the state in an effort to block the passage of a similar bill to the one passed in Idaho on Tuesday.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110309/tr_ac/8024284_idaho_passes_law_to_curb_unions_collective_bargaining_rights

The Wisconsin battle has become a lightning rod for union organizers who feel Wisconsin is an important state to make a stand. The union organizers have been distracted by Wisconsin and now other states have already begun to pass similar laws without little resistance.

[tridim]

1. Nice choice of words.. Curb.

[FiveGoodMen]

Definitely part of a coordinated attack

This really is war.

[NightWatcher]

2. I love how these pukes are racing to out-teabag each other

down here we have several repuke mayoral candidates all tying to out douche each other.
One: I'll cut govt spending
Two: I'll cut govt employee pay
Three: I'll fire the govt employees
One: I'll shoot their dogs after I fire them
Two: I'll spit on them, then shoot them, then...

[Blue_Tires]

3. the midset is spreading like the fuckin' plague...

[valerief]

4. It's not mindset. It's money from Kochroaches and their ilk. nt

[OHdem10]

5. Rachel M did a piece on this last night. This concerted attack

is occuring in many states.

Very interesting and Democrats had best wake up and
smell the coffee.

They all claim it is to balance the budget and reduce their
deficit. However upon close examination the ripping out
Union bargaining power has nothing to do with the deficit.

Look at this pattern. First they give humongous tax cuts
and credits to Big Businesses especailly. They then cut
Medicaid, Medicare(Senior Benefits) and Higher Ed. They use
the POOR, The Aged, and THE YOUNG PEOPLE to pay for the
Corporate Giveaways. Then they attempt to rip out any
thing that smells union. Do not tell me this is not
an active plan by GOP to destroy the Middle Working Class.

[Blue Meany]

6. Um, what are they going to do when they can't find enough teachers?

That's already a problem in many places. Do they think that removing job security and lowering salaries is the solution? If that's the solution improving schools, perhaps we should try the same thing with legislatures.

[IDemo]

7. Who needs teachers, anyway? School superintendent wants to replace them with laptops

In October 2009, Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna held a re-election fundraiser in the Capitol Hill offices of Dutko Worldwide, one of America’s top lobbying firms.

Sponsors included two leading voices in the Republican education re-form movement: former U.S. Education secretaries William Bennett and Rod Paige.

The event marked an important moment in Luna’s re-election bid, as he won support from education technology companies interested in changing state policy to boost their business.

If Luna’s “Students Come First” proposal passes the Legislature, online education will be mandated in Idaho and a laptop will be available to every high school student. That means 115 school districts, with 82,000 high school students, will be in the market for computers, software and online courses.

Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2011/02/20/1535065/a-reform-plan-a-long-time-in-the.html#ixzz1GJyreFfW