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Monday, July 2, 2012

Jersey Jazzman: The New "Bargaining": Take This and Shut Up!

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The New "Bargaining": Take This and Shut Up!

Roy Roberts invents a new definition for the term "collective bargaining":
DETROIT — The state-appointed emergency manager running the Detroit Public Schools imposed a contract Sunday on the district's teachers, the district has announced.
Roy Roberts is empowered by Michigan's emergency manager law to impose work terms on employees.
"This new collective bargaining agreement with our teachers provides the flexibility needed for our schools to be successful and to meet the educational needs of the children and families who come to us," Roberts said in a statement. "It also