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Re:Unions by igrekel on Monday November 29, 2010 @11:33AM (#1950814)
I've been to a private school where the teachers were unionized. They were with a different union association than the public school teachers. This was in Canada, not in the US but I don't see why it would be different.
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Re:Unions by mmt on Monday November 29, 2010 @02:21PM (#1951429)
I don't see why it would be different, either. I'm just unaware of it being a common phenomenon here in the US. Perhaps I'm mistaken.

My main point is that there are cases where the private sector can do without unions, whereas the public sector schools cannot[1].

[1] At least in California I haven't heard of a single non-unionized public school.

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Re:Unions by igrekel on Tuesday November 30, 2010 @11:53AM (#1954697)
I believe it is just a question of the number of employees and of when the organization started. Want it or not, the state is a large and visible employer.
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