They are a menace. The AFT, PBA and FOP as well as AFSCME are unions which are a conspiracy against the public interest. Government employees should NOT be allowed to unionize. The Government should be a right to work employer.
I fully understand the problem a lot of people see with public unions but from what I saw during my teaching career, without a union, very few teachers would be able to make a career in the field.
The top administrators of every district I dealt with were notorious for bringing "their people" with them when they made a move to a new district. A faculty wouldn't even be a speed bump for these climbers as they went about entrenching themselves in thier new position.
When you knew what you were looking at, it was easy to see how these moves affected the lower and mid level administrators in the new districts.
Given the opportunity, I have little doubt that large segments of established faculties in school districts all over the country would literally be torn apart as often as administrators move-which seems to be about every 5-6 years.
Hard way to run a quality district.