[The] Mayor and Chancellor are considering restoring the District's power to create nonunionized charter schools and possibly seeking federal legislation declaring the school system a "state of emergency" , a move that (the Post) reports would eliminate the need to bargain with the Washington Teachers' Union. Could their strategy be union busting ? Before you answer, here are some of the tactics of typical union busters. Sound vaguely familiar to what's happening in DC?
More tactics of union busters at The Washington Teacher.
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Monday, November 17, 2008
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Thanks for the post. I would like to stay in touch. If you have any ideas on how we can approach this situation that we are facing, I would love to hear from you. You can feel free to write me c/o:
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