> I'm not convinced unions would make things better. Teachers and nurses(not an exhaustive list, just the first things that came to mind) have unions and are st

> I'm not convinced unions would make things better. Teachers and nurses(not an exhaustive list, just the first things that came to mind) have unions and are still criminally underpaid compared to the value they provide to society. Flamingly controversial opinion over here, but I don't think either are criminally underpaid. Both professions make well above median income. Teachers especially considering they only work ~180 days a year and get a pension. It is probably the region I live in, but I don't know any teachers who are doing poorly in life. You can argue teachers are important to society, but given how opposed some unions have been to education innovation (like Common Core or Direct Instruction) I think an argument could be made that unions help teachers, but not necessarily improve the quality of teaching.