“When school children start paying union dues, that ‘s when I’ll start representing the interests of school children.”
This from Albert Shanker, past president of American Federation of Teachers now deceased.
Unfortunately, I don’t think that his attitude was an isolated one in the ranks of the leaders of the Teachers Unions, and also unfortunately, this attitude didn’t die along with Shanker.
Read about Albert Shanker in Wikipedia, and at books.google.com Here and Here.