TEACHERS' UNIONS LOSING SUPPORT

Saturday's Waterloo Region Record has an Opinion piece by Luisa D'Amato titled "Teachers' battle reveals cracks in labour movement". Buzz Hargrove a former leader with the Canadian Auto Workers has suggested that the teachers are losing the public relations battle. Luisa appears to agree citing work stoppages, refusal to do extracurricular activities including sports and field trips. Of course many teachers are really so uninformed about the real world that they are still comparing their pitiful lot to policemen, firemen and believe it or not, NHL hockey players. They seem to think that the public are as ignorant as they when it comes to real world jobs and opportunities. A Kitchener teacher was quoted as saying "Nobody questions the NHL when they negotiate their contracts". Teachers do not have the extreme physical risks that police and firepersons do. Nor do they have the physical abilities and talents of most police and firepersons nor remotely the same physical talents of professional athletes. Why don't they compare themselves to garbage workers, factory workers, or even other civil servants. The answer is simple. They are overpaid and overpriveleged with a huge sense of entitlement fostered by their unions and even their colleagues. Parents, the public and perhaps even some other unions are getting fed up. Finally.