Reply #23: "Tenure" is a Myth Anyway

[tonysam]

It's NOT "lifetime" employment; it means you can't be fired or disciplined without a hearing. But there's a caveat. You get conned by the union to go through the arbitration route instead of hiring an outside attorney to sue in federal court; it's cheaper for the district and the union, and both the union's attorneys and the arbitrator get paid by the district and the union (which indirectly is a part of the district). It's a stacked deck from beginning to end. It's all a big rigged game, and it is virtually impossible to win a dismissal in arbitration; a civil rights attorney friend of mine told me this, saying NEVER use one. I should have had either her or an attorney specializing in employment law; I would have been far better off than going the cheapo route of arbitration and not being able to appeal.

Binding arbitration needs to be made illegal; it circumvents one's right to a trial by jury.