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There are teachers' unions around the country realizing they want to improve standards of the profession, improve the quality of their profession, and ultimately attract the best and the brightest to their profession. The vast majority of teachers are dedicated and committed.

— Antonio Villaraigosa

Sentiment: POSITIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

Teacher unions are an interest group that acts in defense of their own interests, which means the union bosses' interests, not the members.

— Peter Brimelow

By resisting almost any change aimed at improving our public schools, teachers' unions have become a ripe target for reformers across the ideological spectrum.

— Campbell Brown

Sure, just like there are bad lawyers, bad doctors and bad politicians, there are people who aren't cut out to be teachers. But by and large, the people who are called to be teachers are passionate about the profession.

— Randi Weingarten

To get enough of the teachers we need, teaching has to be a great job where talented people are supported and rewarded.

— Michael Bennet

If we want to recruit and retain high-quality teachers, it starts with a fair wage, adequate working conditions, and the resources and support to succeed. Remember: teachers' working conditions are students' learning conditions.

— Randi Weingarten

I just think the most important aspect in being able to have a productive relationship between the teachers' unions and the districts and the states that they're dealing with is that the person sitting across the table from them should not have received the largest campaign contributions from the teachers' union itself.

— Mitt Romney

I am not going to make any commitments to the teachers union to do anything until they do something that's other than in their own self- interest. And everything they have done so far is in their self-interests, and that's it.

— Chris Christie

Teachers have the hardest and most important jobs in America. They're building our nation. And we should appreciate them, respect them, and pay them well.

— Jim Hunt

The teachers' unions that block school reform have done serious damage to the union brand. The public no longer views unions as their friend, much less their champion. They view them as corrupt, intransigent and more interested in protecting their political clout within the Democratic Party than protecting their members or even school children.

— Juan Williams

Teachers are our greatest public servants; they spend their lives educating our young people and shaping our Nation for tomorrow.

— Solomon Ortiz

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