The Tennessee House of Representative voted by fifty-nine to thirty-nine yesterday, to restrict the collective bargaining powers of teachers unions.
A bill passed by the senate earlier this month would prohibit teacher unions from negotiating at all.
It’s the latest round in moves by numerous U-S States clamping down on unions and restricting workers’ rights.
In April, Ohio’s governor signed legislation that limits collective bargaining rights for more than three hundred thousand public sector employees, including police and firefighters, and prohibits strikes.
Similar legislation that passed in Wisconsin is being appealed at the State Supreme Court.
Richard Trumka, President of the AFL-CIO, told the National Press Club today that the budget cuts proposed and approved by State governments have shown a “despicable canvas of cruelty”
- KBOO