- Joined
- Jul 1, 2011
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- Lower Hudson Valley, NY
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- Independent
The public isn't limited to just the teachers, if it were, the teacher unions would be obsolete. If only the teachers owned the institution and not the entire community, there would be no need for the unions. However, as the state owns the institutions, the unions act as a collective defense on behalf of the workers. If there were no unions, it wouldn't be democratic, the state would simply call the shots regardless of the will of the teachers.
GI doesn't seem to understand the difference between "teachers" and "the public"