"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children." So said the late Albert Shanker, founder and long-time president of the United Federation of Teachers, and later also president of the American Federation of Teachers. But he also said: "A lot of people who have been hired as teachers are basically not competent." Of course he still worked unceasingly to keep the incompetents paying union dues.
The fact that the California Democrat Party is a wholly owned union subsidiary was again demonstrated this past week. A bill to allow school districts to use performance rather than seniority as a criterion for laying off teachers didn’t get six votes and died in committee. Three Republicans voted for, two Democrats against, and five Democrats abstained.
California Teachers Association members left their classrooms to pack the hearing room to voice their opposition, but needn’t have bothered - campaign records show that Democrats on the committee received $176,200 from the two largest teachers’ unions since 2004. Republicans got zip.
Shanker would have applauded.
Not only is our Democrat-majority state legislature a wholly-owned subsidiary of the public employee unions, our recycled governor is in thrall to them as well. By the way, Governor Moonbeam "found" some$6.0B+ today, so he's "reinstating" some $3.0B+ to our schools. Huh? If we're still some $10B in the hole, how come we're spending more?
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