In reference to the article “Raising a Stink” [Schools, December 20], the comment about labor-management cooperation was made (since I made it) because some union members feel that deals are being made at the expense of the workers. We need worker unity for our needs (the rank and file union members) and for quality free public education for all children. States and federal government should fund equal education for all school districts, with elected school boards, and no vouchers.
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There is a labor party being formed because many believe that we need a government of the majority, not of the few, and this is a constitutional right. For working people’s political power, we need more than just a democratic appearance. The working-class majority needs political power to help us fulfill our human aspirations to leave behind a better world than what has been left for us.
Those who feel that they have been given the power of life or death over our professional careers must end management by character assassination. Cheap shots will not fix the schools. Though Chicago educators in the public schools aren’t in teaching for the money, we are among the lowest paid in the greater Chicago area, though we do a harder job than our colleagues in the suburbs, and under worse conditions. The same is true for custodial workers, lunchroom workers, engineers, and principals.
S. Wolcott
