Unions did not give us pensions, health care and so forth in the workplace. That is just another myth put out by the union PR machine. "If it weren't for unions, we would all work for $1 per week!" BS.

FACT. In 1945, President Harry Truman (DEMOCRAT) instituted wage and price controls in an attempt to stabilize the economy following the decrease in post war production and to address the issue of millions of returning veterans. Businesses could not raise wages so, in order to attract and retain qualified employees, corporations took to offering health care, pensions, uniforms, etc. as a way to get around wage controls. Benefits were not subject to Truman's restrictions. So you see that benefits were not the result of unions.

What have unions brought us? A wrecked manufacturing sector and a 25-year high unemployment rate. Were they the only factor? No. But their unreasonable demands killed the Goose That Lays The Golden Egg.

Ahhhhh, military, now that explains where you get your black and white with no grey area mentality. As for me MASTERS level education thank you very much! While I understand that the military cares about what is going on in government, as well as I, but NEWS FLASH, the majority of teenagers could give a crap! What they do pay attention to are things that are tangible to them, ie things that are happening close to them. Most could not tell you who the secretary of state is, so lets be real here. As for Henry Ford, he had a "trough" that ran behind the assembly line so that employees could urinate and defacate there without having to leave the assembly line!! So, I am thankful to the men and women who fought hard for our unions. Do you have hospitalization... retirement benefits? If so, than you should be thankful also. Although, if you do not need the benefits you can donate yours to MR. Wood and the likes, looks like they will be needing them soon.

If we use your "logic", then Bill Clinton should have been found guilty during his impeachment trial. Barack Obama shouldn't be President, because he lied about his Muslim background, and got his start with the help of known terrorists. Shouldn't the President be held to a "higher standard" or does that merely apply to school administrators with whom you have a problem?

As for my job? None of your business, though I can assure you it is not in the service industry.

College? Yes, I graduated. Military? 4 years. How about you?

Unions gave us prosperity? Revisionalist crap. Unions came into existence in the mid-1930's. By then, the US was the world's leading industrial power-WITHOUT UNION HELP. Henry Ford paid his workers more than double the going wage to build cars on his assembly line. They were NON-UNION. The best companies today, Nucor, Google, Toyota and so on, are non-union.

Unions hold back the talented and protect the lazy and incompetent.

So, numberoneteacher, take your inflated ego and get back to work. I bet I know which county office employee you are!

Teachers belong to a union. These particular teachers belong to a union and live in the Ohio Valley, which means they are borderline Communists always airing their grievances, demanding more money and less work and generally behaving like children.

"Professionals" indeed. Perhaps we should give cops, soldiers, nurses and power plant workers their weekends off. We could do without protection, national defense, health care and electricity.