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2016 Postmortem

Wounded Bear

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3. One thing I always consider....

Reply to Igel (Reply #2)

Sat Aug 17, 2013, 04:19 PM

Aug 2013

How did things get so bad that teachers felt the need to unionize in the first place?

Labor unions tend to be reactionary. Happy workers don't unionize. The assault on schools and education has been going on for decades now and the union bashing aspect of it is just the latest RW craze.

The next time you hear someone say something like the old "Those that can, do; those that can't teach" you have my permission to bop them on the head. (Not really, of course, but you get my drift)

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Here we go bashing teachers unions again [View all] bigdarryl Aug 2013 OP

We still have unions? Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #1

Yeah. Igel Aug 2013 #2

One thing I always consider.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #3

Why do you say unions are reactionary? Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #4

I think you answered your own question.... Wounded Bear Aug 2013 #7

Not many people go into teaching to make "the big bucks." Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #5

Last I checked, Democratic Platform was pro-union, not pro-blue collar union Drahthaardogs Aug 2013 #10

republican plan is to kill off public schools and go private 'for profit'. Sunlei Aug 2013 #6

Don't look now but that seems to be the Democratic plan also. n/t Smarmie Doofus Aug 2013 #8

what political party do you think is anti-union in this country? Sunlei Aug 2013 #9