Hang on a minute. I saw the show this was based on. Stossell interviewed a flesh & blood person, a lady who was there as an official representative of teachers, and the person who was primarily responsible for defeating the proposal. Not calling her a union rep is just playing semantics and doesn't in the least change Stossel's underlying point.
Did you see "Stupid in America", the 20/20 episode that this article is based on?
No I didn't, but a friend of mine who teaches in a local public school did. She said Stossell made Inez Tennenbaum look like a total idiot (which from what I have heard is not to difficult to do). She also said she had responded to Stossell via his email link from the show and she told him that she and her husband would not be sending their kids to public schools. But like I said, we do not have teacher unions here, but we do have what is called The Palmetto Teacher's Association which is pretty close. That organization does not have the pull or resources a real union has (althought I'm sure they would love to get it).