Public School Teachers Under Attack

CNN reports:

Some lawmakers and governors, however, don't want to deal with teachers' unions at all. By curtailing or eliminating collective bargaining, officials say they can more quickly hike employee contribution requirements to relieve some of the stress on the budget.

In Tennessee, a Senate committee recently approved a bill that would eliminate collective bargaining for teachers. The bill "will remove the albatross of mandatory collective bargaining from our local school districts," its sponsor, Senator Jack Johnson, said at a hearing last week. It's quite possible it will pass since Tennessee's legislature and governor's mansion are controlled by Republicans.

There's no real good way to deal with a monopoly.