Episode 1137 • • 1:58:19 - 2:01:07
1137: Contempt Kabuki
San Francisco Teacher Sick Leave, GoFundMe and Union Laws
A veteran second-grade teacher in San Francisco battling breast cancer is forced to pay for her own substitute teacher after exhausting her ten days of sick leave. The hosts explain the California law that requires teachers to fund their replacements out of their own salaries during extended leave. They note that a GoFundMe campaign raised $14,000 to assist the teacher, highlighting flaws in the union-negotiated benefits.