“It is sad that the legislature is so bought off by corporate interests that workers need unions to protect rights and a chance at the American Dream”.

Your statement does not in any way shape or form reflect reality, California’s budget for education has been at or near 50% for a great many years. The money is and has always been there, the question is where is it being allocated and how wisely.

However, unions should take note that it is their overreaching that has led to this unnecessary backlash. Workers in the public sector can no longer ignore what their private sector brethren have dealt with. Private sector workers better recognize that we’ll soon get manufacturing back in the US but only because we’ll be able to compete with China on wages.

Compromises are due all around.

I believe the workers had better unite, but the unions have reached the point where there is a fidelity problem – the union works for it’s own management first and the workers maybe.

Every state should be a right to work state.