[jtbigwoo]

You want to hear an insane story about why we need teachers' unions?

This neighbor of mine was a teacher for 45 years, starting back in the 1940's. She found her first job in a little town and found a nice apartment for $45/month. The school superintendent heard about it. He called her and told her she had to rent an attic with another new teacher because there's a widow in town whose only source of income was renting to teachers. If she refused to live there, they'd fire her. The attic cost $100/month ($50 each) even though it was smaller than the apartment.

[themartorana]

Maybe you missed the part where I said unions did serve an important part in US history. But this would never happen now (and if it did, the outrage would be enormous).