Dozens Gather to Protest Tennessee Teacher Bill

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Source: The Tennessean

Several dozen people jammed a corridor at the state legislature Wednesday in an event organized to protest a bill that would strip the Tennessee Education Association of its collective bargaining powers.

Making references to rallies in Wisconsin and Ohio, members of several unions, including the AFL-CIO, the International Association of Fire Fighters, the Service Employees International Union and the TEA, gathered to show their opposition to the bill co-sponsored by state Sen. Jack Johnson, R-Franklin, and state Rep. Debra Maggart, R-Hendersonville.

Speakers described the event as a press conference — not a rally — but said it sowed the seed for bigger events if state lawmakers do not back down.

Read more: http://www.tennessean.com/article/20110224/NEWS02/102240338/Dozens-gather-protest-Tennessee-teacher-bill?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|FRONTPAGE

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It dehumanizes teachers.

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