Minneapolis Public Schools slammed whites before their elders and minority peers, arguing it was a necessary step to redress the "effects of past discrimination." We are defending our contract with the Teachers Union to fire educators.
The school district issued a statement Tuesday to The Washington Times, fully defending its landmark deal with the Minneapolis Teachers Federation led by President Greta Callahan.
“To remedy the continuing effects of past discrimination, Minneapolis Public Schools and the Minneapolis Teachers Federation (MFT) have agreed to support each other in recruiting and retaining teachers from minority groups. We have agreed to contract terms that are aimed at the labor market and the communities the district serves," the school district said in an email.
Previously reported that the terms of the labor contract were to protect "underrepresented people" and prevent the district's predominantly white staff from becoming more uniform. was.
Minneapolis School District and Minnesota outlet Alpha News According to the Teachers' Union, minority teachers "could be exempt from district-wide layoffs outside seniority."[24]
The terms of the contract reportedly stated: , the school district shall not be a member of the underrepresented population, and shall exceed the next senior teacher.
The agreement, reached in the spring of 2022 after a two-week teachers' strike, has been called "illegal" and "unconstitutional" by some critics.
Senior his trial his counsel at the Upper Midwest Law Center, James Dickey, told Alpha News that the contract was "based solely on color, not seniority or merit." They openly discriminate against white teachers."
The Minneapolis Star He Tribune He said in June that 16% of the district's tenured teachers and 27% of probationary teachers were people of color. reported to be
Many Republican politicians and conservative activists condemned the new teacher contracts as "racist."
Minnesota legislator Jeremy Manson wrote on his Facebook page: I don't know who needs to hear this, but racist employment contracts are not in our society.
Heritage Foundation Fellow Jonathan Butcher said Fox He told News Digital that the Minneapolis contract violated the Civil Rights Act and the Equal Protection Clause of the U.S. Constitution.
Title VII of the Civil Rights Act prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
of the race-based approach to teacher layoffs. ``It does not address the most important issues currently helping students in math and reading.''
Former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker has called for teachers' unions and war in his state. He famously denounced the agreement as racist and illegal.
"This is another example of why government unions should be abolished," he tweeted.