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<ol><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Fired for going to the bathroom? > No se puede usar el bañoÇ </font></h2></li><li><font size="3"><b><span style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Job Seekers Getting Asked for Facebook Passwords</span> </b></font></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">3/20: No Wal-Mart in LA Chinatown! </font></h2></li><li><h2 class="ReadMsgSubject" style="line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><font size="3">Millions Helped by Affordable Care Act </font></h2></li><li><a href="http://tnr.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=5b72ee2210c940d46daad959b&id=c065eaf757&e=4684f3856b" target="_blank" style="text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 26px; text-decoration: none; color: rgb(153, 0, 0); cursor: pointer; "><font size="3"><b>Making the Grade: The Case Against Tenure in Public Schools</b></font></a> <span style="font-size: 10pt; "> </span></li></ol><div><br></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><span style="color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Fired for going to the bathroom?</span><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><br style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><table width="98%" id="ecxmaincontent" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); "><tbody><tr><td>John, port truck drivers in southern California working for the Australian owned Toll Group have been trying to unionize. Two weeks ago, Xiomara Perez, one of the truck drivers most outspoken in support of forming a union, was <a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=rcFxQssfIuzAlpYlTIa6leJrkc7bmtBD" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 126, 3); cursor: pointer; ">fired</a> for taking an emergency bathroom break.<br><br><a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=5ogZooNjEqt2%2BsP5NWDl8uJrkc7bmtBD" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 126, 3); cursor: pointer; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">Click here to sign the petition telling the Toll Group to reinstate Xiomara Perez, let truck drivers take bathroom breaks, and stop intimidating union supporters.</b></a><br><br>It is illegal for a company to fire a worker for trying to join a union, but it happens all the time. The company doesn't admit that's the real reason for the firing, of course. It's just that coincidentally someone who's been an outspoken union supporter gets fired for a common practice that doesn't typically draw any disciplinary action, let alone firing. Companies do this because it removes a leader from the workplace and intimidates other workers who might support the union.<br><br>It is not coincidence that Xiomara Perez, who exactly fits that description, was <a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=KTAdJWylHAFfBUDD%2BQONFuJrkc7bmtBD" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 126, 3); cursor: pointer; ">targeted</a>:<br><blockquote style="margin-left: 36px; padding-right: 4px; padding-left: 4px; margin-bottom: 1em; ">On Tuesday March 6th, Xiomara was driving to Rialto with a cargo load and began to feel slightly ill, thought she might throw up, and thus made an emergency detour. As a professional driver, Xiomara adheres to U.S. Department of Transportation regulations that require any hauler to pull over if they feel faint, fatigued, etc. – in other words, truckers must use their best judgment to protect their own safety, the public, and the merchandise they carry. She found a McDonald’s she was familiar with where she could freely use the restroom and get a sandwich to settle her stomach to continue her workday. She instantly felt better and got back on the road; the safety diversion took roughly 10 minutes at the most.[...]<br><br>Toll fired Xiomara, citing an unreasonably restrictive work policy prohibiting employees from stopping – even to use a restroom – when delivering a load. Xiomara had asked for the policy in writing but was denied.<br></blockquote>A group of Xiomara's coworkers is sending Toll a letter calling for her reinstatement and the Teamsters have filed an unfair labor practices complaint with the National Labor Relations Board. Join with them by <a href="http://kos.salsalabs.com/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ea/G65DnVLoGTrD1iECbpeJrkc7bmtBD" target="_blank" style="text-decoration: none; color: rgb(240, 126, 3); cursor: pointer; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">signing our petition calling on the Toll Group to reinstate Xiomara Perez, let truck drivers take bathroom breaks, and stop intimidating union supporters.</b></a><br><br>In solidarity,<br>Laura Clawson<br>Labor Editor, Daily Kos<br><br></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div>@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-20/business/31215793_1_social-networking-password-facebook">http://articles.boston.com/2012-03-20/business/31215793_1_social-networking-password-facebook</a>
</div><div><br></div><div><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Job Seekers Getting Asked for Facebook Passwords<br></strong><font color="#cc0000" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: normal; "><a href="http://org2.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ucjJ%2B3pDHAV8nE1KMkpqWKGdBN9fbrRh" target="_blank" style="line-height: 17px; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; font-family: Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Read the Article at The Associated Press</a></font>
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"><div><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="626" style="line-height: 17px; width: 626px; "><tbody><tr><td align="middle" width="626" bgcolor="#c90000"><img height="81" alt="" src="http://act.aflcio.org/c/161/images/header-red-nocp.png" width="501"></td></tr><tr><td><br><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left; "></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center; "><img alt="" src="http://launionaflcio.org/images/otm/120319-Chinatown-Walmart.jpg" vspace="15"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center; "></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center; "><span style="line-height: 23px; font-size: large; "><b style="font-weight: bold; ">JUNE 30, 2012 - Los Angeles</b></span><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><br><br>It will be the largest Walmart demonstration in the history of the U.S.<br><br>Be there.</span></b></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br><br><br>Time and gathering location to be announced soon.</span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left; "><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=kuVDukc8XOLWFecsFB1vj/83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=kuVDukc8XOLWFecsFB1vj/83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">Download the flyer here.</span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br><br><br><br><br></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="line-height: 31px; font-size: x-large; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br>May Day in L.A.<br>Workers Are Not Garbage!</span></span></b></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><br></span><img alt="" src="http://launionaflcio.org/images/otm/120319-Recycling.jpg" vspace="15"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left; "><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: small; ">American Reclamation has public contracts to sort commercial trash for recyclable materials. They treat the immigrants doing that dirty work worse than garbage.<br><br>Poverty wages. Hazardous working conditions. No benefits. Firings.<br><br>American Reclamation has turned our recycling symbol into a vicious cycle of human misery. On May 1, we will march and rally at American Reclamation. Together, we will stop them from treating immigrants like garbage.<br></span></span><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WSIMTosaSNnZScGU4/XFOQQJJwwpICRp" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WSIMTosaSNnZScGU4/XFOQQJJwwpICRp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: small; "><br>Download the flyer here.</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: small; "><br><br><b style="font-weight: bold; ">WHEN:</b> Tuesday, May 1, 2012 at 11:00AM<br><b style="font-weight: bold; ">WHERE:</b> American Reclamation located at 4560 Doran St., Los Angeles, CA 90039</span></span><br><br><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: small; ">Contact<span style="font-weight: bold; ">: </span>Hector Saldivar at hsaldivar@launionaflcio.org or (213) 381-5611 x136</span></span>.</p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: center; "><br><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="line-height: 31px; font-size: x-large; "><br><br>Don't Forget! <br>National Day of Action<br>Against Verizon<br></span><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 20px; ">Join us - Thursday, March 22 - Long Beach<br><img alt="" src="http://launionaflcio.org/images/otm/120319-Verigreedy.jpg" vspace="15"></span></span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; text-align: left; "><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Last August, 45,000 Verizon workers went on strike, and they still don’t have a contract. Verizon continues to promote outsourcing and eliminating jobs while paying top corporate executives hundreds of millions of dollars.<br><br>Thursday, March 22 is a National Day of Action Against Verizon. We will rally outside Verizon in Long Beach and join Verizon workers in cities across the U.S. to save American middle-class jobs and stop Verizon's corporate greed!<br></span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><br></span></span></span></b><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=C3VF/u2Wcs319MKKPZ4CcP83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=C3VF/u2Wcs319MKKPZ4CcP83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: small; ">Download the flyer here.</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br><br><b style="font-weight: bold; ">WHEN:</b> Thursday, March 22 from 1:00-3:00PM<br><b style="font-weight: bold; ">WHERE:</b> Verizon Building at 3965 Clark Avenue, Long Beach, CA 90808<br><br>Contact: Glen Arnodo at glenarnodo@sbcglobal.net or (213) 381-5611 x126.</span></span></span></span><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><br><br><br><br><i><span style="color: rgb(128, 0, 0); "><br>L.A. Labor in the News</span></i><br></span></span></span></b><span style="font-size: small; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><br></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=CliBnd4AVa1gQXgPbuxaV/83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=CliBnd4AVa1gQXgPbuxaV/83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: small; ">Realit</span></i></a></span></span></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><span style="line-height: 20px; "><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WSIMTosaSNkP8f6256vZUQQJJwwpICRp" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WSIMTosaSNkP8f6256vZUQQJJwwpICRp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i><span style="line-height: 17px; font-size: small; ">y TV bites: "Blue collar" show fires its workers</span></i></a></span><i><span style="font-size: small; ">,</span></i><span style="font-size: small; "> Frying Pan News, 03/19/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tn2Ko3yuaFm8uEErSrK1D/83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Tn2Ko3yuaFm8uEErSrK1D/83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Rag picking in America?</i></a>, Huffington Post, 03/16/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=qB1waAmEnELqCoRdMz1bCAQJJwwpICRp" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=qB1waAmEnELqCoRdMz1bCAQJJwwpICRp" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>The dark and seamy underbelly of the recycling industry</i></a><i>,</i> CleanTechnica.com, 03/16/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=FHwoFpMz5flz5ROCIiqgEP83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=FHwoFpMz5flz5ROCIiqgEP83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Labor's take on the economy</i></a>, New York Times, 03/15/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=YqvEkj+Qm1snhi2+fB5M0/83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=YqvEkj%2BQm1snhi2%2BfB5M0/83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Union's urge curtailment of 'Super PACs,'</i></a> New York Times, 03/15/12<br><i><br></i><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/EtGV+4H5uoSklftVYD+W/83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=/EtGV%2B4H5uoSklftVYD%2BW/83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Hoffa pledges continued support of efforts to turn green jobs into good jobs</i></a><i>,</i> Sacramento Bee, 03/15/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=tTgpgIGw5mPEzZ7lvQN2Wv83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=tTgpgIGw5mPEzZ7lvQN2Wv83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Company fires truck driver for taking an emergency bathroom break-while supporting a union</i></a>, Daily Kos, 03/14/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=lAq7gceX6WABX7+octUjbv83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=lAq7gceX6WABX7%2BoctUjbv83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Senate OKs transportation bill (with good news for L.A.)</i></a>, Los Angeles Times, 03/14/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=42AUrvqVedhCZL0j1RcpCf83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=42AUrvqVedhCZL0j1RcpCf83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>AFL-CIO takes on voter I.D. laws</i></a>, New York Times, 03/14/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=M5ZRfH4+tnZKqd/NwNiZNf83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=M5ZRfH4%2BtnZKqd/NwNiZNf83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Citing shared values, AFL-CIO unions vote to endorse Obama for second term</i></a>, 03/13/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=FjXSCh3MSttp3y6cXUoZwP83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=FjXSCh3MSttp3y6cXUoZwP83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>AFL-CIO 'enthusiastically' endorses Obama for reelection</i></a>, Los Angeles Times, 03/13/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=iFv2XqqbxA7Vmmw3utjkef83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=iFv2XqqbxA7Vmmw3utjkef83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>AFL-CIO endorses Obama</i></a>, New York Times, 03/13/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=nhr1ordT1SyzccL94HXZ3P83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=nhr1ordT1SyzccL94HXZ3P83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Why Walmart loves welfare</i></a>, Frying Pan News, 03/13/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=f5OxBMAw4YhHh5cMtjeUxf83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=f5OxBMAw4YhHh5cMtjeUxf83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Richard Trumka's declaration of independence</i></a>, In These Times, 03/12/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Po2vvxqvqb0N25SGdiFUCv83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=Po2vvxqvqb0N25SGdiFUCv83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Workers at California car washes form union</i></a>, Latin American Herald Tribune, 03/12/12<br><br><a title="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=E7gLZWjgtFTwY5PqTpg7PP83m9Qfa+H0" href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=E7gLZWjgtFTwY5PqTpg7PP83m9Qfa%2BH0" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><i>Les Moonves says CBS doing 'extremely well'-but will unions benefit?</i></a>, Hollywood Reporter, 03/11/12<br><br><br><br><br></span></span></span></span><span style="line-height: 23px; 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Even the tea party finds this appalling</font></a>.</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; ">The Affordable Care Act has helped millions of America’s families secure health care for their kids, saved 5.1 million Medicare recipients $3.2 billion in drug costs and so far has generated about<a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=WXk4sSjrrXXzDkocBV2Y6I/VoVA1VHGT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">$323 million</font></b></a> in health insurance premium rebates. But Republicans want to kill the law and next week the U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments on its constitutionality.<br><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=24zF3PR3lOeS0aJTk8rqXY/VoVA1VHGT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><b style="font-weight: bold; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">Read more and comment</font></b></a><b style="font-weight: bold; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">.</font></b> <img alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/navy_arrow.jpg"></span></span></p><hr width="30%" color="#cccccc" align="left"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img alt="" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/button_most-recent-blog-posts_225.jpg"></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><img border="0" src="https://afl.salsalabs.com/o/4001/c/18/images/blog_arrow-blt.gif" alt=""> <a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=iw/FaDiOfi4l18A7aGmStY/VoVA1VHGT" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); 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font-size: 13px; "><strong style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: bold; ">Romney Says Federal Role in Education Is Taking on Teachers’ Unions</strong></font></a></p><hr width="30%" color="#cccccc" align="left"><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://act.aflcio.org/salsa/track.jsp?v=2&c=S8CPIAU3p2uMuFzRddLO7dlEZ8tUDpKR" target="_blank" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer; "><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><strong style="font-weight: bold; "><font color="navy" style="line-height: normal; ">Read more important news</font></strong></span></a></span><span style="font-family: Verdana; "><span style="font-size: 13px; "> of the day on the issues working families care about.</span></span></p><p style="margin-bottom: 1.35em; "></p><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="7" bordercolor="#cccccc" border="1" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; "><tbody><tr><td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" align="center" style="line-height: 17px; 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First, it was an outrageous bill that would have required women to undergo a trans-vaginal ultrasound before having an abortion; then, following a national outcry, that measure morphed into a bill requiring only an external ultrasound. (The second bill, which was eventually signed into law, was somewhat less offensive—but still despicable.)</span><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Georgia; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">Yet there was another noteworthy bill on an entirely different subject circulating in Richmond in recent weeks; and, with the spotlight focusing so squarely on the state’s approach to reproductive rights, it was perhaps no surprise that this measure didn’t attract much attention from the national press. Like the abortion measures, this bill was also pushed by Republicans—but here’s the strange part: It was actually a halfway decent idea. The subject of the bill was an important one: tenure for public school teachers. And, while the proposal wasn’t perfect, it was at least an attempt to rectify what is perhaps the least sane element of our country’s approach to education.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Georgia; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The vast majority of states have long granted public school teachers tenure. The way it works is simple: After a certain number of years, teachers qualify—“virtually automatically” in most states, according to the National Council on Teacher Quality—for a form of job protection that makes it extremely difficult to fire them for the rest of their careers.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Georgia; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">The system is analogous to the protections that university professors receive—but with one important conceptual difference. Universities are not just educational institutions; they are our country’s idea factories. And so it makes a certain amount of sense that we would want university professors—the people our society relies on to explore ideas, including unpopular ones—to enjoy protections from ideological or intellectual retribution.</p><p style="line-height: 17px; margin-bottom: 1.35em; color: rgb(73, 73, 73); font-family: Georgia; text-align: -webkit-left; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); ">But this rationale doesn’t apply at the K–12 level. So what is the case for K–12 teacher tenure? The truth is, there isn’t a good one. One argument typically offered by tenure defenders is that teaching is a notoriously difficult profession in which to measure success. But this is true for lots of jobs—yet, in all other professions, efforts are still made, however imperfect, to evaluate whether an employee is succeeding and to remove those who are not. Why should teaching be different? In fact, given that teaching is arguably the most important job in our society, it would be difficult to name a profession, save maybe the military, for which these sorts of heightened job protections would be <em>less</em> logical. 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