Intercepts
A listening post monitoring public education and teachers’ unions.

Over at GothamSchools, Elizabeth Green clues us in on the news that the New York State United Teachers are about to affiliate the 1,200-member state lifeguards’ union.

What, you didn’t know New York lifeguards had a union? Not only do they have a union, but even lifeguard supervisors have a  union, complete with allegations of cronyism, featherbedding, and a union president who made more money than the police commissioner.

Why is this a big deal? Well, now there are approximately 30 lifeguards who belong to the New York teachers’ union for every KIPP teacher who belongs to the New York teachers’ union.

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