[lbo-talk] Historical moment: the first full privatization of a U.S. public school district

[Max Sawicky]

There's an interesting analogy to this in today's NY Times, about the kids
who work in Apple stores.  I've said a key source of profit for privatized
schools is the use of young teachers, not merely non-unionized but young.

 In other words, teachers at the bottom of a pay scale who never climb up
it.

Re: Apple, their pay does not compare well to some other retailers.  They
have an employment system that focuses on young 20-somethings, luring them
in and burning them out.  So they have an endless supply of cheap,
relatively high-skilled labor.

On Sun, Jun 24, 2012 at 3:26 PM, c b <cb31450 at gmail.com> wrote:


> Busting the unions is one aim. And, guaranteed profits are always nice.
> Joanna
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> CB: Yes, I'd have better said, busting unions to increase profits.
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> ----- Original Message ----- Thank you. Charming.
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> Efficiently extracting profits as far as the eye can see....
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> Joanna
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> ^^^^^^^ CB: I agree with Joanna's analysis.
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> In Michigan, no Charters have unionized teachers. That's the main
> purpose: to bust teachers' unions. Whether the larger cut of public
> funding for each school taken by the Charter company is termed
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