Statement: Unionization was not the only alternative. Anotheralternative could be a meeting between a group of teachers(representative) and the department of education. There could be anongoing discussion between the parties to resolve the issues. Theproblem with unionization is that the situation may come to adeadlock with the formation of union.
Thefirst statement is very interesting....if a group ofteachers...selected by the total teacher group...met with say, themayor...if there is one...and the city council, and the schoolboard, to discuss the school problems........is that negotiations?Did the teachers squeeze the community into a de facto type ofunion situation without doing any further organization of theteachers into an union?
