Weekly Update: A teacher on unions, a tribute to a Parents Across America member and Mis-Education Nation
With all of the anti-union rhetoric that I have been hearing particularly in reference to our teachers and their professional unions, I wanted to begin this weekly update with a post from a teacher in Wisconsin on the importance of unions. It’s a reminder of what conditions were like for workers and because of unions and demands made by workers, how life has changed for all of us. There is much that we take for granted in our daily lives that originated with union demands.
From One’s Teacher’s Perspective, Collective Bargaining is Vital to Public Education:
From One’s Teacher’s Perspective, Collective Bargaining is Vital to Public Education:
A study of history reveals that the development of teachers unions in Wisconsin gave rise to professionalism in education and, consequently, improved the quality of public schools. Before union growth, sexism was rampant in public schools, pay inequity was common for female and