(Vanity) - A Question About Teachers Unions

BSunday

[BSunday]

I am interested in possibly teaching when I retire from the military. Do you HAVE to join the union in order to teach?

[Phantom Lord]

Depends on the state you will be teaching in. Thats the best answer I can give you.

[big bad easter bunny]

May I sugest going to a private school. They are allowed to hire any one they choose. My old prep school had incredible teachers who had real world experience.

[Drango]

Yeah if you are in a right to work state you have a lot more options...check out nrtw.org link

[Zavien Doombringer]

Here in tidewater you are given a choice. Some of my freinds are teachers here in Chesapeake and are in a Union, they hate it, but the union helped them get much needed raises. The down side is that the Union also allows poor teachers to get tenure...

[Prof Engineer]

ping

[msdrby]

There are pros and cons to belonging to a teachers' union. Don't join one until after you are hired, and then only after you have talked to co-teachers (at your school). Get all the information you can before making that decision.

[Clinging Bitterly]

All pretty much any kind of union will do is take part of your paycheck and give it to Democrat political candidates (except the share that is paid to the union bosses). It's a LOT of money.

In RTW states you don't have to join. In Oregon (not a RTW state), some government entities will allow a hire to not join the union, but they have to pay the equivalent to what union dues would be to some type of charity. I suppose a non-represented employee would be subject to the same benefits and restrictions as the represented ones get through collective bargaining, but would not get to vote on any of the arrangements, and would not receive any individual services from the union. The benefit would be not having those feelings of guilt knowing one had contributed to Democrat political campaigns.

No guarantee a person who thought this way would pass the litmus test and actually be hired, though.