Public Union
Not private sector union.
Those have :::::;;;;dissas.,pp…ear.,ed
And where they still exist, they are far less powerful than they were in the 50s and 60s.
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Proud member of a public sector union, thank you. But that’s cool, I am happy to not believe you exist either, if that kind of symmetry works for you. 
Edit: Or am I swapping your intended meaning? Did you mean private sector unions have all but disappeared?
Also: the Guthrie song is more or less explicitly aspirational, so kindly nix the nattering nabobery.
No, they got a promise that the LAUSD board will vote on whether to support a statewide moratorium on new charter schools. That vote will not go UTLA’s way.
Again, stopping the proliferation of charter schools isn’t something that UTLA can collectively bargain over and put a stop to in a new contract. It’s something that has to be changed at the ballot box.
Meanwhile, here’s an LA Times article that describes the outcome far from the “near-total capitulation by management” Cory discusses:
But for now, even though the union made gains it considers important, progress was limited in the near term on reducing the size of classes, which had been a central theme of the strike.
Class sizes will drop by one next year and one more the year after. If funds are available, they’ll drop further after that. The union also won a decrease in maximum possible class sizes in secondary English and math from 46 to 39.
In the final marathon negotiating sessions, the union never persuaded the district to throw in vastly more money. Instead, the district stuck to its financial analysis of potentially tough times ahead.
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And though union leaders called for a moratorium on new charters, L.A. Unified is required by law to approve any valid charter petition that it receives for a new school within its boundaries.
The union did receive a commitment that the Board of Education would consider a resolution calling for the state to “cap” the number of charter schools. It’s not certain the resolution will pass. Three of the six current board members were elected with substantial support from charter school advocates.
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