There is a 10 million dollar deficit in Woonsocket, Rhode Island's educational budget. What was done in an attempt to fix this? Huge cuts in programs, and 500 teachers were fired. Not exactly the best way to 'fix' things, now is it? On Thursday, national and local union leaders gathered to demand more from Rhode Island's political leaders. Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, begged the politicians, the General Assembly, and namely Governor Chafee; said in his request for more money for the schools, that he would do so "if you think the future of this state is important ... if you really care about kids." In the end, the unions won; and by result, so did the schools. the winnings? $40 million in aid.
http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/03/union-leaders-g.html
http://www.aft.org/newspubs/press/2012/032212.cfm
http://www.aft.org/index.cfm
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