On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:44 PM, Marv Gandall wrote:
> I expect we'll know the ansewer in the next two years as the assault on unionized teachers, federal and state employees, and other public sector workers, who are currently being made the scapegoats for the fiscal crisis of the state and widespread economic distress, gathers steam. They now comprise the majority of the US trade unionists, and are not as passive as is often assumed by virtue of their relatively higher status and income.
Teachers have been in the crosshairs, so to speak, for more than the rest, and they have barely responded at all. In fact, a friend who works for one of their unions said "all is quiet in teacherland." Maybe that will change, but I fear they'll all just roll over.
Doug