Karen Lewis: Social Justice Unionism IS Trade Unionism

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4. The fact is the principals have all the power and you as a teacher have none

The principals are invariably supported by the school district and thus taxpayers, while the teacher is basically on his or her own.

Principals are held to NO standards of accountability whatsoever. They are virtually impossible to fire, unlike teachers, who are easily removed in a variety of ways.

Every college of education needs to tell prospective teachers the truth; however, if they did, nobody but nepotisms would teach.

The "mental illness" card is widely used against teachers who are targeted, with the slander continuing into the kangaroo hearings, but it is almost always the principal who is unfit or is not all there mentally.

I want to point out while it is important for teachers to have unions, unions don't do enough or even anything for individual teachers, preferring to cut deals with the school districts.