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Old 12-29-2010, 05:46 PM   #4232
Tyrone Slothrop
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Re: A little Christmas present for Penske

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Originally Posted by Cletus Miller View Post
That's a fundamental problem with unions, just like the differing investment timelines b/t management and investor/owners is a fundamental problem for profit-making corps. You can attempt structure around it, but (1) the union/management will tell you that it's against your interests to do so, and (2) it's hard to design a structure that both works and does not, in fact, damage the interests of the teachers/investors.

ps: the paternalism of unions is occasionally shocking.
It's also possible that they thought they would prevent Rhee from doing other things they didn't like if they sucked her into a protracted and lengthy fight instead of giving her an easy win. I'm just speculating based on the agency problems inherent in unions (and hardly uncommon in other organizations). I never saw a good explanation of what they thought they were doing, in part because the WaPo is a poor imitation of journalism.
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