Just Who Are the Beneficiaries of Unions?

The simple answer to this question is those who pay dues to the union. A union's first priority is to look out for itself. This can be seen through many examples from auto unions demanding pay raises in the middle of a recession ... and while industries either go out of business or close shop and move overseas due to high costs of doing business. This isn't commonsensical, is it?

The following link is a very insightful article on how even teachers unions seek first to benefit those who pay dues to the union.

It is interesting to note that in NY, the parents even got involved in hiring teaching assistants that they funded without adding extra burden to the taxpayers and yet the National Federation of Teachers had qualms about this. It should be encouraged that parents take an active interest in helping their children learn in school, and yet they are penalized. Whose interests are more important, the students success in school or the union coffers?