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frockington1 on April 9, 2020 | parent | context | favorite | on: I graduated into the dot com bust as a programmer ...

How would unions help anything? Modern examples (such as teachers unions) seem to reward mediocrity and encourage paying into failing pensions

hdctambien on April 9, 2020 [–]

If unions were the cause of "mediocrity" then there should be better teaching in states that don't have teacher unions right?

Ranking of states without unions (2011) https://www.businessinsider.com/states-where-teachers-unions...

Wisconsin after unions were removed (2017) https://money.cnn.com/2017/11/17/news/economy/wisconsin-act-...

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