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Tuesday, January 4, 2011

They don’t care about kids. It was never about kids. « Fred Klonsky's blog

They don’t care about kids. It was never about kids. « Fred Klonsky's blog

They don’t care about kids. It was never about kids.

Teachers. Cops. Fireman. First responders. Public health workers. Your neighbors. If they belong to a public sector union, they are the target.

For a while they tried to make it seem as if it was about student learning and teacher quality. But that was all a humbug. They don’t care about kids. It was never about the kids.

It’s about unions and the teachers, cops, fireman and your neighbors who belong to them.

Now that the old industrial and private sector unions have been hobbled, we’re the last ones standing. Now they have come for us.

This morning’s NY Times. Column one. Above the fold: Strained States Turning to Laws to Curb Labor Unions