Seniority is for people; “LIFO” is for inventory. Get it straight.
JANUARY 27, 2011 PM31 1:31 PM
Let’s do something small, but immediate.
We are defending seniority. We are teachers, and are people.
Using the phrase “Last in – First out” is wrong in two ways.
- It is a phrase from accounting, and it applies to inventory, not people. It is demeaning to use in this context. We are people, not an order of spark plugs from 3 months ago.
- It is pronounced LIFO (life-oh), intentionally promoting the lie that tenure,