The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. May 20, 2011 Tennessee State House Approves Teachers' Union Curbs ----------------------------------------------------- The Tennessee state House has approved a measure stripping teachers unions of all collective bargaining rights except for on issues around salary and benefits. The bill must now be reconciled with the state Senate, which has approved an even harsher measure removing all union bargaining. .