Bills target teachers unions
Jayden Hardacre on January 28, 2011 in School Stories
NASHVILLE - Some Republican legislators are pushing bills to prohibit collective bargaining by teachers unions, curb their influence on state boards and block deductions from government payrolls to cover their members’ dues or donations to political causes.
“It’s become obvious that at least some members of the Legislature – and I don’t want to think it’s a majority – just want to pick a fight with teachers,” said Jerry Winters, chief lobbyist for the Tennessee Education Association.
But House Republican Caucus Chairman Debra Maggart of Hendersonville says “unions have been stifling education reform throughout the years” and, in particular, collective bargaining has been “a roadblock to reforming education.”
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