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[In most incidences, American unionized labor has simply priced themselves out of the game. A prime example is the UAW, but there are many, many other examples.....]

The teachers unions are among the worst, so greedy and hating all competition and spending taxpayers monies to destroy competition using corrupt politicians.
The teachers unions are despicable and contemptable and should have been destroyed years ago before they corrupted all the children they enslave into the ignorant mindset of liberalism.

Where I live a teacher’s starting salary is about $35K a year and that’s with a masters’ degree. They are in school by 7:15 in the morning and they put in an 8 hour day. Sure, the benefits are good and they work 192 days a year but they also wind up taking work home at night, working on stuff on the weekends, staying late for parent conferences, etc. In the end many of them are going above and beyond the terms of their contracts which is something a UAW, Teamster, municipal or other AFL/CIO type will ever do.

I don’t care for NEA or its politics but I do have a lot of respect for what the teachers do just like the cops and firemen.

The teachers unions are among the worst, so greedy and hating all competition and spending taxpayers monies to destroy competition using corrupt politicians. The teachers unions are despicable and contemptable and should have been destroyed years ago before they corrupted all the children they enslave into the ignorant mindset of liberalism.

The only places where unions thrive and gain members these days are in government (schools, etc.) and selected service industries where there is no alternative like manufacturing off-shore.

We, as a people, need to recognize that we are participating in a global economy and that's not going to change. We were the beneficiaries of this for about a 150 years and now we're facing some challenges and dislocations. But the remedy isn't populist unionism or renegotiating NAFTA and other trade agreements. It's encouraging our businesses and entrepreneurs with competitive tax rates, fewer and saner regulations, constraints on government spending, reductions/control/reform/privatization of entitlements, and leadership that focuses on the future. But I know that's too much to hope for.

In Allegheny County,PA. it's come to the point where the powers that be in Pittsburgh,Have taxed poured drinks to pay for union Port Authority bus drivers,(who average about 91 grand a year)The circle of the union and members keeping the Rats in office who will always guarantee their high payed union jobs is coming to an end. The union gravy train is running out of track.

The teachers unions are despicable and contemptable and should have been destroyed years ago....

Yet another one of Jimmuh Carter's "legacies", thanks to the creation of the Department of (mis)Education.....