Teacher unions have brought many benefits

In a May 10, Cheney Free Press column, Frank Watson wrote an opinion piece about the problems he found with teachers in public schools. His observations are based on his several years of teaching and biased by his personal background. My comments will be from a different frame of reference.

First is the history of unions in our country and the positive impact they have for the working people. Teachers unions have continued to better our social structure. The best example is the union contract, which provides a rulebook for the teachers and the administrators to solve problems.

The contract als...