Teachers unions are a criminal enterprise, and for decades have been extorting money from local governments trying to maintain a budget (when they don’t have leftist scumbags in the local government taking their side in order to suckle off the taxpayers)
And for decades, they have screamed for more and more money, as the quality of the work they do has descended to historic lows. You would think they would be embarrassed to have such a large percentage of children being passed from grade to grade who are functionally illiterate in reading, writing, and arithmetic, but for that to be true, they would have to REALLY be “doing it for the children”, which they are not, most especially in the unions.
Teachers unions are in it to enrich themselves. Period. There are plenty of teachers who want to teach and are capable of doing it, but are unable to do so because they are forced to join unions, which strangle every single breath of initiative and creativity to substitute it for ideological gerrymandering of young children’s minds.
In negotiations for wages and benefits, no one represents the ones paying - We the Tax Slaves.
To give that power to those in charge of our children is the ultimate hostage situation.