NOLA.com: N.O. teachers union loses its force in storm’s wake
When the Orleans Parish School Board gathered last month and voted to fire virtually the entire work force of 7,500 teachers, custodians, bus drivers and kitchen staff, union brass might have been expected to clamor loudly in opposition.
Instead, but for one or two nonunion gadflies who spieled and sat down, you could practically hear the crickets. …
The union’s death blow came in November, when the Legislature voted to sweep 87 percent of the system’s schools into a state-run recovery district, annulling the collective bargaining agreement that for years had given United Teachers of New Orleans the exclusive right to negotiate most school employees’ contracts with the School Board.
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