Florida teacher pay already ranks #48 in the country, and now Gov. Ron DeSantis has gone for the jugular.

Per Florida Phoenix, “The governor took the occasion of a bill-signing ceremony at a Miami charter school to blast the teachers’ unions, which have opposed him on numerous policy matters, including whether to keep schools closed to prevent COVID-19 transmission during the pandemic and require mandatory masking.

The bill (SB 256) bars public sector unions, including those for teachers– but not for police or firefighters that tend to support the governor– from deducting dues from members’ paychecks, requiring employees to write checks instead. Furthermore, unions’ membership would have to constitute 60% of a bargaining unit, an increase from the old threshold of 50%."

“These are political organizations that are not looking out for the interests of parents or the interests of students,” DeSantis has said.

Contrast this with NY, with a 600,000-strong state teachers federation-- and #1 in teacher pay. #UnionYES

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