Union Membership Quotes
Shanker was particularly honest and candid. Of the record, many politicians say the same think about their representing the interests of schoolchildren when the children are given the right to vote. Despite Shanker’s interest in representing his teachers, his policies and the UFT’s practices put much emphasis on student achievement as this is a goal of almost all teachers. The conflict with teachers are almost always with the politicians and school administrators who have their vested interests to protect and for whom the teachers make good scapegoats.
While not generally known, the Articles of Confederation contemplated the strong possibility that Canada would become part of the United States. However, there was too strong a Tory element in Canada and it did not happen. The Constitution was not drafted until 1787 and was ratified later. In the interim the young United States functioned under the Articles of Confederation, in a sense, our first Constitution.
This was a very unusual and enlightened position for a labor leader to take at the time when most labor organizations were as racist as the rest of white society. He did not make much significant progress in racially integrating organized labor but he did not suffer for the position he took either.
