They make outrageous demands on taxpayers to go back to their classrooms or even to continue teaching classes from the comfort of their homes.
There are plenty of accredited teachers in this world who have Internet connections. Without the personal contact between students and teachers, our kids would be better served with on-line subject experts from Germany, Kansas or Bangalore.
Are the unions going represent the best interests of teachers who have to take a job at Walmart and interact with a thousand adults a day instead of 20 kids in a school?
I'm a huge supporter of public education. The classroom experience provides critical interaction with peers where kids learn to socialize and establish community relationships. Absent that interpersonal experience, I'd rather my kids spend screen time with teachers who have real expertise in math, history, English, etc.
Fuck teachers unions. They are signing their own death warrants.
My wife is part of a school union. She's not a teacher, but is in a separate and equally shitty union for "classified" work. She attends the union meetings and hears all the propaganda like "If it weren't for us, you'd not have any benefits...blah blah blah". Recently a bunch of her cohorts complained about the signs around the area saying "Hiring School Bus Drivers at $18.00/hr" while these unionized workers who actually bust their butts in the school are making less, and have been there for years. The unions' response? Oh that's just a one-time thing to fill a shortage, blah blah blah. Such a crock of shit. My wife works really hard, and is rewarded with yet more work left behind by lazy & complacent union employees. I keep telling her that in the private sector, hard work and efficiency are actually rewarded. She really likes working with the special-needs kids, and I'm beginning to see that were it not for people like here who are willing to work for less just to fulfill their calling, the schools wouldn't function at all. They're mostly replete with lazy ass teachers and staff. BUST THE TEACHERS UNIONS!
Don't get me started on the bullshit equality training virtual seminars she's forced to attend before she can start working this year. I'd love to leak those out - they're disgusting.