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Greetings from Sao Paulo, where Payday is preparing to go out to a Landless Workers Movement Settlement later in the day. However, I wanted to update you on the increase in teachers' strikes that we are seeing as the school year begins.  $160 Short of Paying for Brazilian Cameraman  The good...

In Las Vegas-area Clark County, over 18,000 teachers are preparing to strike. The teachers are upset that money set aside by the state to give teachers significant raises isn’t being used for that purpose.

Since teachers are not allowed to strike in Nevada, formal dates have yet to be set for a strike. However, teachers say they are prepared to begin engaging in walkouts unless something is done.

Teachers say they are refusing to work overtime until the situation is resolved. They are now asking that Nevada Governor Joe Lombardo intervene to resolve the dispute.

“It is reflective of a statewide problem right now. We have a crisis of vacancies, and it is not being addressed. The governor and the legislature passed money to address that, and it is not happening,” Clark County Education Association President John Vellardita told KTNV. “So we are asking for that intervention.”

For more, check out KTNV : https://www.ktnv.com/news/education/why-is-governor-lombardo-expected-to-step-in-on-clark-county-teacher-salary-negotiations-we-find-out

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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    10 months ago

    Nevada is a "Right to Work" state, too. The employer is under no contractual obligation to afford you hours (the Zero Hour Contract) and they can fire you without cause.

    But... somehow... you are under a legal obligation to show up to work regardless of your working status, the conditions of your employment, or even now your legally established salary rate. Absolutely bananas.

    • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz
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      10 months ago

      can someone explain wtf "Right to work" is? every time it's brought up it sounds like a "Right to fire your ass" law

      • Beaver [he/him]
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        10 months ago

        They are, more specifically, laws that guarantee a worker's "right" to refrain from paying or being a member of a union.

      • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
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        10 months ago

        That's basically it. The law effectively forbids contractual relationships between unions and employers that affect non-union staff. This effectively affords employers a divide-and-conquer approach to unions, by discouraging new employees from joining while off-loading all the costs of managing the union onto the backs of the shrinking union workforce.

        I believe the "At Will Employment" (ie, fire your ass for no reason) law is something different. But they tend to get passed by like-minded state legislatures.