Why are teachers unions always blamed for problems with the school system? The unions don't run the school districts - the politicians do!
The union's job is to protect teachers from arbitrary abuse by management. This is very important - as anybody who's ever worked in a non union job can tell you, in the absence of union protection, your boss can do whatever he/she wants, and you have minimal legal recourse.
In any case, why do teachers unions get blamed for decisions made by the politicians who run the Board of Ed, the City, the State and the Federal government?
They're the people who are responsible for the problems in the school system - because they are the ones who make the decisions about how the schools are run, not the teachers union!
[I'm a special ed paraprofessional in the NYC Board of Education - and I'm represented by the United Federation of Teachers, AFT, AFL-CIO]
2006-12-28
03:45:06
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