What the dystopia?
Virginia School Board attorneys argued that Abigail Zwerner - the 1st grade teacher shot in her classroom by a 6yo - is not entitled to more than worker’s compensation bc the shooting was “a workplace injury” & “hazard of the job.”
https://www.denverpost.com/2023/05/03/educators-outraged-teacher-shot-in-school-workplace-injury/
nostr:npub1khx67x36rsu5y2f3ruuq8crnxndmep88399l2phu50etnfcrkr6q6hgeyg So, if the whackos had their way and enforced armed teachers in school, would she have been justified in shooting the kid in self-defence? (Can't imagine a teacher doing so, but this is all unreality, so...)
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So, "getting shot on the job" is now an "assumed risk" for U.S. school teachers when they take the job?
What an F'ed up country we're becoming under #GOP control.
nostr:npub1khx67x36rsu5y2f3ruuq8crnxndmep88399l2phu50etnfcrkr6q6hgeyg appropriate hazard-pay coming in 3, 2, … What’s that? No hazard pay? More likely budget cuts instead?
Embarrassing.
