If, as you say, only 8% of the workforce is unionized, then why all the hatred from the right?
For me its about the teachers who are teaching our children. When they have tenor they can not be fired no matter how much they suck.
Seems like you had either:
a. Shitty teachers.
or
b. You weren't paying attention in class.
Problem is, thanks to unions, you can not get rid of shitty teachers. And with the crap they want to teach it is hard to care about learning. They should go back to just teaching the fundamentals. Like proper english and how to talk. I am tired of hearing, ah, um, oh ya, between every sentence. or worse between every other word.
Just listen to talk radio and the people calling in. Or our elected officials, including the Harvard grad we have as president.