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Tenn. teachers join battle against anti-union bills
- 03-09-2011
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By Blake Farmer/KPCC
With their collective bargaining rights on the chopping block, thousands of Tennessee's teachers rallied in the rain to protest Republican-sponsored bills that would limit collective bargaining. Draped in ponchos, hiding under golf umbrellas and gripping soggy homemade signs, teachers like Jessica Holman sprang to action Saturday. "I'm glad to see y'all here today in the rain because this doesn't scare us," Holman said. "We've done bus duty in worse than this." Teachers descended on the Tennessee state Capitol, many bused in by unions, to protest Republican-sponsored bills that would limit their collective bargaining rights. The president of the National Education Association, Dennis Van Roekel, even made the trek. (more...)
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