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Modern School Donating Member (558 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-11 10:45 PM
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Myths About Public Employees
The attacks on teachers and their unions just keep coming. While the Bill Gates, Eli Broad and Arne Duncan crew are clearly seeking to make public ed look bad so they can replace it with profitable private education schemes, the attacks are also part of a broader assault on all public sector workers, who are among the few remaining unionized workers in the country.

The ruling elite would love nothing more than to destroy all vestiges of unionism in this country and they have done a pretty good job at creating the impression that public sector workers are all a bunch of spoiled babies who are bilking taxpayers and bankrupting local governments, thus pitting workers against workers

for more, please visit http://modeducation.blogspot.com/2011/01/myths-about-public-employees.html
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Drale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Jan-05-11 10:51 PM
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1. Do they realize that if it wasn't for the unions in the late 1800's
Edited on Wed Jan-05-11 10:51 PM by Drale
there probably would have been a full scale revolt in the working class? There was already lots of blood spilled fighting for Unions, imagine how much would have been spilled if Unions had failed.
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Smarmie Doofus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-06-11 12:12 AM
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2. Tolerating unions was a concession to self-interest.
Now that the interests of the economic elite are much more secure..... the rationale for tolerance as been removed.
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