Having a union allows them to represent themselves, it doesn’t mean the other parties involved don’t have power. It’s about balancing things out so nobody is getting taken advantage of. Yeah, police unions are a problem, but it’s because the balance of power is out of whack, not because the concept itself is bad. To compare a teachers union to that is laughable, they’re not taking advantage of anyone, they’re holding on by the skin of their teeth.
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Gaja0@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
Fascism bad, but the union is not protecting kids.
npr.org/…/schools-are-supposed-to-have-pass-the-t…
The issue is when yoh give power to police or teachers, you remove power from civilians or students.
lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 week ago
boonhet@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
The only union mentioned in the article supported the law making it harder for pedo teachers to get new teaching jobs though?
Gaja0@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I should have provided more, but these unions tend to resist measures to improve educator quality and protect bad teachers.
en.wikipedia.org/…/National_Education_Association…
former NEA President Reg Weaver commented, “Students must be protected from sexual predators and abuse, and teachers must be protected from false accusations”. He then refused to be interviewed
The union protected teachers in my schools that had several accusations. I believe it needs reform.
Kazumara@discuss.tchncs.de 1 week ago
Not their job
Kaerkob@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not everything that is broken should be dismantled.