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Seems like a clear case of wrongful termination.

• masklinn 3y ago
  At will employment being the law of the land, the only way to actually get a case of wrongful termination is to document that you’re firing the person for one of the few reasons which are unlawful (race, religion, sex, origin, disability, medical condition, or age, as well as additional restrictions the state may have in place). “The parents are complaining and we’re chickenshits” is almost certainly not an unlawful reason, if they even bother justifying the dismissal (which most employers don’t).
  • michaelt 3y ago
    I'm a little surprised this teacher didn't have the support of a union. I was under the impression a lot of teachers were unionised in the United States.
    • belorn 3y ago
      There are 4 millions teachers in the united states, or about 2.5% of the total work force. There are a lot of small-town school teachers, with a subset that are not in a union.
    • flangola7 3y ago
      In Texas it's illegal for them to form a union.
• anigbrowl 3y ago
  Indeed, but it's not just an issue with some obtuse administrator. School boards are heavily politicized these days, and if complaining parents were told that there was no good legal basis to terminate someone, it's entirely possible that they'd crowd the school board meeting and make a big stink about it. Factuality does not matter to a lot of people.
  • School-Cotton 3y ago
    Yet another example of why the uniquely American institution that is the fractal of hyper-local jurisdictions is harmful. Education should be run by the state, like it is in normal countries.
  • wmf 3y ago
    Yeah, it's clear that this teacher cannot teach any more but they should at least receive a buyout.
    • ithkuil 3y ago
      Sadly this teacher can't teach anymore but these parents can still parent. I wonder what happens if somebody makes some deep fake porn of these parents, will they divorce from their spouses, no longer be accepted in their communities? What if everybody's deep fakes are made so that everybody gets the same treatment; would that make people sink in that this is just it, just something that can happen to anybody without any fault of their own?
      • wmf 3y ago
        Karens have unlimited capacity for hypocrisy.
        • woleium 3y ago
          Wilhoit's law This quotation is often incorrectly attributed to Francis M. Wilhoit: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.
          • MarcoZavala 3y ago
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