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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone please explain why we aren't taking this opportunity while teachers in multiple cities are threatening to strike and kids all over the country are basically learning nothing (unless they're learning independently or from their parents) to fire ALL of the teachers and hire the good ones back WITHOUT unions?

It seems like a great opportunity to overhaul public education in this country. We could then pay good teachers more (which is something that I know Michelle Rhee tried to do in DC many years ago, but the teachers union rejected it and refused to let their members even vote on it) which would increase the quality of teachers we get, and we could get rid of the crappy teachers for good.

It seems like a great opportunity to me.[/quote]

Because unions serve a valuable purpose. Unions allow workers to have some say in their salary, working conditions, safety, etc. Many of the workplace benefits you have, you can thank the union movement (even if you are not in one). That is not a bad thing. Even in "white collar" jobs.
-signed, former defense attorney/litigator who often was on the other side of the bargaining table from the unions.[/quote]

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