OK, since the union president didn’t mention that the district had actually agreed to a negotiated seven and a half hour day, then I’m guessing that this subject isn’t in their contract – which means that the FLSA rules governing work days and work weeks would be controlling.

In most contracts covering FLSA exempt employees (teachers are definitely FLSA exempt employees), stuff like this tends to fall under the management rights clause.  For those who aren’t familiar that’s a blanket clause which essentially says that management reserves the right establish whatever work rules they see fit in order to manage their operation – hours of operation would be one of those rules.

Long way of saying that the union likely doesn’t have a leg to stand on in this case.

Warner what proof do you have that the majority of teachers dont spend more than the required 7 and a half hours.  You have made a blanket statement without any proof whatsoever.  But then again what do you expect from a man that cant tell the difference between a resident of Green Bay and one of Milwaukee.  From the article you cited:

On the Vicki McKenna Show today, Milwaukee listeners weighed in on the
issues dealing with the Green Bay Teachers Union, and some took personal
shots at the teachers.

“They need to be the professionals that
they are supposed to be,” said one listener. “They sound like a bunch of
idiots and they look like a bunch of idiots, they make the rest of us
look bad.”

You do know that Milwaukee and Green Bay are seperate cities correct? 

When I was in high school, the photography teacher would always reek of alcohol. He would release his class about 10 minutes before school ended so he could beat traffic. His class consisted of doing absolutely nothing (well… if you consider gambling and talking to your friends to be “absolutely nothing”). When he got up to go to the bathroom every day, the entire class would rush his gradebook to give themselves A’s.

He was finally fired last year for letting students in his class smoke marijuana.

The worst part? He sued the school to challenge their decision to fire him. The district couldn’t afford the lawsuit, so they gave him a $25,000 settlement.

This is how bad things have gotten in California. Teachers unions are enabling this sort of behavior, and it’s ruining our education system. Hopefully other states might maintain some sort of right-to-work system…. it’s gotten ridiculous here.