Reply #70: couple things; i think you'd best not trust your union leadership too much, & look to make

[Hannah Bell]

alliances outside the profession as well.

the assault isn't just on teachers, but on all workers & the "lower orders" generally -- as you can see by looking around. social security, medicare, auto workers, welfare recipients, the poor of new orleans, etc. i think there may be some munipal & state defaults coming too.

things are not looking good, people in general need to wake up.

i talked to a recent college grad today, 8 months since she graduated & no job. she was celebrating having gotten three interview calls on the same day -- two were at retail outlets.

i worked retail before & during college, not after graduation. college was what was supposed to get me *out* of retail.

rambling...point is though, if it's just teachers, they can be isolated.