EAG: WASHINGTON, D.C. – The teachers unions’ fight against parental and teacher choice is not going well for them.
Teacher union membership is dwindling. In fact, it has dipped below 50 percent nationwide, down from a high of almost 70 percent in 1993. Wisconsin, Michigan and Indiana, having become “right-to-work” (RTW) states over the past several years, have given teacher freedom a big boost.
Wisconsin, which also limits teachers’ collective bargaining activities via Act 10, has seen its National Education Association affiliate’s numbers cut by more than half. Prior to the legislation, the Wisconsin Education Association Council had approximately 100,000 members. It now has fewer than 40,000, according to the MacIiver Institute. more
All traces of legitimate purposes for unions are long, long gone. In general, members tend to make a bit more than non-members but those who really benefit, and hugely, are the sponges: union officials.
The grammar on her sign is atrocious. I hope she’s not a teacher.
Exactly why the foxtrot should any government employee have a union in the first place?
On average they are better compensated then their employers (we taxpayers), so they don’t need protection from rich greedy bosses.
The fact is that the greed is all on their side.
I may be showing my age, but I remember a time when government workers accepted less in trade for job security. There was never a problem filling openings and they had a clear understanding of who they worked for.
I’ve got mixed emotions on this one. Mrs.Mxyzptlk taught for 30 years, sixth grade, in the inner city. She was a union member (no choice). 20 some odd years ago when she needed to go on disability (cancer) the union fought with the State Teachers Retirement System for her rights under the union contract. She was granted the disability retirement and we lived quite well because of that. I cared for her all this time. After her passing this past November, I didn’t know what was going to happen to me, but I found out that I am now set for the rest of my life with survivor benefits because of what the union fought for.
I’ve found out that many issues in life are too complicated to make simple assumptions about.
I would never join a union. No way in hell.
Why would someone with a degree need a union.
Unions are for coal miners and other retards.
I’d also like to point out that Mrs. Mxyzptlk had these wonderful benefits because she paid into the teachers retirement system (matched by her employer) all those years and NEVER had to pay a cent to Social Security. So she received dollars instead of pennies.
Good for you Mr. Mxyzptlk. It’s about time one of the good guys get a break. See you at the range.
Mr. Mxyzptlk, as has been expressed here before, my condolences on Mrs. Mxyzptlk’s passing. Yes, life is complicated and confusing and full of contradictions. I find solace in Francisco d’Anconia’s statement – “when faced with a contradiction, check your premises”
And I’ll see you at the range with Anonymous….