Teachers

The big brew ha ha in Minneapolis is about the teachers union replacing seniority with race when it comes to lay offs. This is not worth the news time since it will be struck down by the courts because it is so blatant. This sort of thing has been going on in the military for many years but since it was government it never became an issue. It happened in industry in the 70's with affirmative action but it never overrode union seniority procedures and it had more to do with hiring than lay offs. The purpose in all cases was an attempt to make up for past discrimination. It was done because it was easy to get around problems by using the right words. After I retired I looked at a number of different jobs and there is a law against discrimination based on age but on several occasions companies whose policy was to hire the best qualified people told me I was over qualified.