Not saying that teachers aren't fairly (or over-) paid, just saying that there are lies, dammed lies, and statistics.
Politicians using other peoples’ money to placate union demands is not democratic. Nor is the trump card public sector educator unions have when it comes to families that need both spouses working and can’t afford nor arrange for kinder care when the gremlins should normally be in school. It’s just not right. It’s not the industrial revolution anymore when workers rights were non existent and unions really meant something. Nowadays, it’s just a love fest between unions and politicians. They both get something but the little guy get’s screwed.