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Re:New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child ... by duxup on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @11:55AM (#45183810)
I feel like unionizing really hasn't done much for teachers. They're paid poorly, the conditions are still poor, they don't seem to get much help.

Yay teacher's union?

Re:New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child ... by no_wizard on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:06PM (#45184020)
Teachers union(s) are some of the highest profile anti union targets in the US as well. There’s also issues on a structural level that leads to poor compensation for teachers vs other government positions.

Really school funding and public education in the US in general is in a very strange place across the board and has been for decades

Re:New Mexico is first state in US to offer universal child ... by duxup on Tuesday September 09, 2025 @12:14PM (#45184147)
Maybe I'm missing something but I haven't seen a lot of teacher unions being broken so I'm not sure what you mean.

The results for a given teacher are poor no matter what the reasons, it's a bad "hey get a union" rallying cry IMO.