NY union's Upset Over Bill to Change Last In , First Out

The New York Post reports:

Repeal of "Last in, first out" protection for thousands of underachieving city teachers may be approved by the Republican-controlled state Senate today -- even as New York's top union leader blasts the plan as "the Wisconsin model of politics."

State AFL-CIO President Denis Hughes ripped the proposal yesterday as "a blatant assault on the principles of collective bargaining and an attack on workingmen and -women throughout this state who are represented by labor unions."

"I want to make it abundantly clear to our elected officials that they cannot use the Wisconsin model of politics here in New York and that the state AFL-CIO will not tolerate attempts to silence the voice of working people," added Hughes, whose federation represents some 2½ million unionized workers.

Often times the teachers unions "forget" the children.