Sentences with phrase «eliminate seniority protections»

Jordan and others also pointed to what they described as a wholesale attack on the teaching profession — through legislation proposing to lower qualifications and to eliminate seniority protections — in explaining the reasons for the statewide walk - out.

He argues that the Commonwealth Foundation and Pennsylvania School Boards Association make the case for eliminating the seniority protection «only from an economic angle,» and that firing veteran teachers would cause educational quality to suffer.

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If it is successful, the Vergara case will eliminate some teacher tenure protections, limit seniority, and diminish collective bargaining rights.

While this brief focuses on Act 10's impact on Wisconsin teachers based on the data available, the same forces driving changes in the teaching workforce can also affect the broader public sector.3 Proponents of Act 10 insisted that reducing collective bargaining rights for teachers would improve education by eliminating job protections such as tenure and seniority - based salary increases.

Thus, the highest number of points — 138 of the 500 - point scale that Duncan and his staff created for the Race — would be awarded based on a commitment to eliminate what teachers» union leaders consider the most important protections enjoyed by their members: seniority - based compensation and permanent job security.