Media Matters gropes to defend union opposition to federal classroom predator bill

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since when did the effort keep sexual predators away from children become a controversial issue?

When the National Education Association and American Federation of Teachers decided to put collective bargaining and adult employee’s so-called rights ahead of child safety.

A bill in Congress – introduced by Democrats in the U.S. House of Representatives and passed by a voice vote in that chamber – would require a background check for government school employment applicants and would bar those with certain serious felonies from being hired. The felonies? Murder, rape, spousal abuse, arson and kidnapping.

It would also “bar school districts and state agencies from transferring workers who have engaged in sexual misconduct with minors to another location,” according to the Associated Press.

It makes total sense, right?  (more...)

Media Matters gropes to defend union opposition to federal classroom predator bill