> Unions exist to lobby for their members; teaching unions represent teachers, not students.
And what do teachers want? Educate students to the best of their ability.
Yes, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt here that many teachers actually want to do the educate and ain't just in it to "get rich" because if one's sole motivation is making money then god knows there are a myriad of better choices than becoming a teacher.
Imho this representation of unions as "oh so greedy money grubbers who only do it for the money" really irks me, especially considering that the original reason for unions actually being a thing was to counter exactly such "greed money grubbing" ways by exploiting labor in mass when it was still living in serfdom or straight up slavery.
Unions do not just serve the purpose of "making union members richer", even if that has become the de-facto reality in some places. Without unions it would be doubtful anything like workplace safety regulations would ever have become a thing, many standards for healthy and productive working, we take today for granted, are the direct result of unionization in some way or another.
And what do teachers want? Educate students to the best of their ability. Yes, I'm giving the benefit of the doubt here that many teachers actually want to do the educate and ain't just in it to "get rich" because if one's sole motivation is making money then god knows there are a myriad of better choices than becoming a teacher.
Imho this representation of unions as "oh so greedy money grubbers who only do it for the money" really irks me, especially considering that the original reason for unions actually being a thing was to counter exactly such "greed money grubbing" ways by exploiting labor in mass when it was still living in serfdom or straight up slavery.
Unions do not just serve the purpose of "making union members richer", even if that has become the de-facto reality in some places. Without unions it would be doubtful anything like workplace safety regulations would ever have become a thing, many standards for healthy and productive working, we take today for granted, are the direct result of unionization in some way or another.