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[–] [email protected] 54 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Hmm, "Illegal to strike" sounds a lot like "forced labor".

The fuck they gonna do, chain them to a desk? Newsflash assholes, jailing teachers isn't gonna fucking put them back in classrooms.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago (2 children)

No but it will convince them to quit and they city can hire cheaper teachers that "aren't woke".

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The city can hire cheaper people, but not teachers. That's been the problem the last few years - not enough teachers (because they're treated and paid like shit), so the requirements to stand in front of a class continue to drop.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Which is the GOPs plan: keep voters dumb enough to elect more Republicans.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I partly agree with you. Mostly on that on matters of this that they had a plan, and wasn't just wonton aggression against education. That is, their only plan was for the results, not the methodology.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I have a feeling that we're already skewing this way nationally with low pay and high academic requirements.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, they'll pull a Reagan and tell everyone striking that they're fired.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

"Fun" fact: Reagan's little stunt with the air traffic controllers left the government with a severe shortage in talent and experience in air traffic controllers for a good decade afterwards. Turns out you can't just fire everyone in the country who does a given job without consequences, particularly with a job that is high stress.