The D.C. Council voted 10 to 3 today to give Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee the power to fire nonunion central office employees.
Council members Marion Barry, Phil Mendelson and Harry Thomas Jr. were the only votes against giving Rhee the power to fire. Thomas tried to get the council to approve an alternative bill that would have affected fewer workers, but the Council voted that alternative down 10-3 as well.
The Washington Post story still says that the number of employees this legislation will affect still numbers in the hundreds, which differs from the Examiner’s take from this morning. Labor groups have estimated the number of employees who may now be fired directly by Rhee at 488.
