CRAZY Teachers Union Contract Fires This Group First Proving Racism Claims

In a report by Alpha News it has been found out that a Minneapolis teachers union contract states white teachers will be laid off or reassigned before educators of color if a reduction in staff is initiated.

The “seniority-disrupting language,” as the The Star Tribune put it, in the policy is rare, and one Constitutional law attorney has called the contract a violation of the Constitution and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The Attorney claims the proviso in the contract “openly discriminates against white teachers based only on the color of their skin, and not their seniority or merit.”

But according to activists in the Teachers Union the contract is a safe guard in retaining teachers of color for the sake of diversity.  The School district  adopting the language for their new contract believe it will be an example for other school districts to pick up as well.

“It can be a national model, and schools in other states are looking to emulate what we did,” Edward Barlow, a member of the Minneapolis Federation of Teachers executive board, told the Star Tribune. “Even though it doesn’t do everything that we wanted it to do, it’s still a huge move forward for the retention of teachers of color.”

Alpha News reported, after obtaining a copy of the contract:

One of the proposals dealt with “educators of color protections.” The agreement states that if a non-white teacher is subject to excess, MPS must excess a white teacher with the “next least” seniority.

“Starting with the Spring 2023 Budget Tie-Out Cycle, if excessing a teacher who is a member of a population underrepresented among licensed teachers in the site, the District shall excess the next least senior teacher, who is not a member of an underrepresented population,” the agreement reads.

According to the United Federation of Teachers, “excessing” means “reducing staff in a particular school when there is a reduction in the number of available positions in a title or license area in that school.”

The agreement adds that non-white teachers, as well as those working in various programs, “may be exempted from district-wide layoff[s] outside seniority order.” The agreement also prioritizes the reinstatement of teachers from “underrepresented populations” over white teachers.

 

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