CB>      In the 1970s, when American automobiles were losing out to 
CB> foreign 
CB> imports (made by union workers), and especially to the Japanese, can 
CB> you 
CB> imagine a Bob Dole acceptance speech that blamed the plight of the 
CB> automobile industry on the union? People would have laughed and 
CB> asked, 
CB> "Does the union design the cars? Does it run the plants? 
    Public-school teachers have a lot more autonomy on the job than UAW 
members do.  There's no comparison between the UAW and the NEA for this 
reason.
    UAW members in a Chevy plant are micromanaged down to exactly how they 
lift a transmission onto an assembly line.  They don't have the freedom in 
doing their jobs that NEA members planning lessons do...Chevy management does 
all the planning for them.
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