Aside from the related rationale in a previous post, there may be no better advocate for the complete dismantlement of ALL public sector unions, starting with the NEA, than from its former top lawyer, Bob Chanin. Listen to his speech given at the NEA’s annual meeting in July, 2009, and tell me this isn’t so…
“Despite what some among us would like to believe it is not because of our creative ideas. It is not because of the merit of our positions. It is not because we care about children and it is not because we have a vision of a great public school for every child. NEA and its affiliates are effective advocates because we have power.”
“And we have power because there are more than 3.2 million people who are willing to pay us hundreds of millions of dollars in dues each year, because they believe that we are the unions that can most effectively represent them, the unions that can protect their rights and advance their interests as education employees.”
No creative ideas, no merit, and no vision for public schools, nor a care for the children that attend them. Despite what many among THEM would have US believe, it is ultimately about POWER that through collective bargaining, regardless of ideas, merit, vision or lack thereof, is granted to them from the state to the detriment of taxpayers. In a nutshell, they don’t give a damn about educating your kids, they just want to get paid MO’ MONEY! Thanks for being SO HONEST, Mr. Chanin.
