The Chicago Public School Teachers Demand 30% Raise

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Originally Posted by Riot

Then the taxpayers shouldn't have promised to pay them. That's what negotiation is all about. Negotiation goes both ways, and unions don't want their jobs to go away.

For example, in Wisconsin, the governor said there was no money, so immediately the unions agreed to a massive cut in pay, benefits and pension.

The union is simply a legal representative of all the employees, so each employee doesn't need to negotiate separately.

Teachers have negotiated - by the taxpayers - agreements for performance. If the teachers don't reach them, they can lose their jobs. It works both ways.

Demonizing unions is as silly as demonizing taxpayers.

The tax payers agreed or the politicians that are supposed to be the representative of the people footing the bill? Do the tax payers actually get to agree to Union demands or just the local government? Ive seen shows on Dateline and 20/20 about teachers detention rooms where teachers go every school day and do nothing because the district cant fire them because of their Union contract but wont let them teach for either bad job performance or other violations.