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Government schools are a quasi-monopoly that only parents who can afford private school tuition can escape. A monopoly can afford to be inefficient and indulge
by Bostonian 5y ago
Government schools are a quasi-monopoly that only parents who can afford private school tuition can escape. A monopoly can afford to be inefficient and indulge the whims of the people working for it. Quoting the article:
"under Myart-Cruz’s [the teachers' union president] stewardship, which began when she assumed office in the summer of 2020, that purview has been expanded to include a breathtaking range of far-flung progressive issues: racial justice, Medicare for all, the millionaire tax, financial support for undocumented families, rental and eviction relief—over the last 15 months, UTLA has championed them all. Many of these may be laudable aims, or at least worth debating, but they aren’t the sort of agendas normally pursued by your neighborhood teachers’ union. In what universe, after all, does UTLA’s recent boycott of Israel over the conflict with Hamas benefit the teachers—or students—of Los Angeles?"
- syops 5y agoA union’s job is to look out for it’s members. If the members of a teacher’s union decide to champion political issues then that is their right.
- drekipus 5y agoBut the members didn't decide to champion political issues. The leader did.
- freemint 5y agoThe leader seemed to have a history of such activism according to the article i read and there was an election for that leader.
- syops 5y agoAs with all sufficiently large organizations of people there are leaders of the organization. The leaders represent the members and sometimes some members disagree with the leadership. Are you suggesting that no organization of people ought to advocate for a political position unless x% of the membership specifically advocates for this? Are you opposed to corporate lobbying? It’s not as if every stock holder of Apple gets a say on how Apple lobbies and gets involved in the political process.