09-10-2006, 10:39 PM
This comment is borderline "on topic" but exemplies how the unions don't have the welfare of the community in mind but their own welfare: I remember an article that appeared in the Hilo Tribune about a year ago about the Hilo kids swim team that had to go to Kona to swim because the pool was not open in Hilo. It was because there was a shortage of lifeguards and the union would not allow the county to hire part-time lifeguards. So the pool stayed closed to the public and to the swim team. I'm thinking that some of the "job protection" tactics of the union carry over to the education area too.