Teachers union calls Bloomberg 'dictator'

The New York Post reports:

It's war.

Teachers union president Mike Mulgrew dropped a nuclear verbal bomb on Mayor Bloomberg yesterday, equating him with Egyptian strongman Hosni Mubarak for tearing into parents who heckled Schools Chancellor Cathie Black at a recent meeting.

The rapidly escalating war of words between the two men -- who were on friendly terms just a few months ago -- was sparked by comments the mayor made on his radio show yesterday directed at hundreds of parents who booed and yelled at Black during a meeting Thursday night on closing failing schools.

Here's recent footage of Mike Mulgrew