WSJ: Boeing workers reject contract.

WSJ: Boeing workers reject contract.

New teachers coming in face a bunch of HR paperwork and a visit from a teachers union official.  At Normandy and North Royalton, I declined to join the union.  In both cases, the union official was curious, courteous and reasonable.  I had a collegial relationship with both through out my career.

Public sector unions are a sham.  The union backs a school board member, the member get elected, the union and board negotiate a contract, and everyone goes to the district residents to ask for more money.

Private sector unions don’t have that issue.  As an engineer at Caterpillar, I spent quite a bit of time in Caterpillar and Chrysler manufacturing plants.  Those unions have different problems, but it isn’t an ethical issue.  Industrial unions are prone to being unreasonable.

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