I disagree. The public abuses teacher rights re: income, work conditions, job treatment issues. [NOTE: the hostility of 'Gethsemane' above.] HOWEVER, I'd love to see unions made voluntary [no required dues], to limit unions to work issues, & to have unions NOT lobby for teachers. Unions have no business representing teachers politically. Teachers fall on both sides of politics, yet the union goes leftist (an abuse).