Don't like unions?

So I've heard a few people lately complain about unions.  Some are new administrators of charter schools.  Some are school board members.  You know, the ones who've never been in the trenches.  The ones who couldn't control and teach a class if they tried for a year.  They only think about the bottom line... the dollar.  It's criminal that teachers want a living wage! How dare teachers want to eat healthy food, clothe their children, live in a home and drive a reliable vehicle.  Have they driven past a school parking lot?  There are a lot of affordable, base line automobiles.  I wonder where teachers are hiding their millions?  Where are the expensive luxury cars?  Are they hiding their second car?  Oh no!  Are the teachers taking luxury vacations and wearing fur coats to work?  No, not hardly.  Teachers have degrees.  Usually more than one.  They are working hard and their hours extend beyond 3:00.  I can't believe that administrators who are all making more than $100,000 are complaining about unions getting teachers a living wage and health care for their families.  I don't know why it's a crime to want to be paid for a job that you worked hard to get a degree to be qualified for.
     Have these people ever had a student walk into their rooms with a gun?  I know people who have. Have they ever had a student throw a desk at them?  Yes, it does happen.  Have they ever tried to break up a fight between young children and ended up in the doctor's office or even the hospital emergency room themselves? I doubt it.  Have they been given a classroom with opposing members of a gang in it?  nope, they try hard not to ever be around troubled children.  Do they know of a principle who doesn't like a teacher, and therefore puts all the low scoring children in their class?  How about putting all the poorly behaved children in one class.  Do the board members or the administrators know what it's like to have -20 minutes for lunch?  Do they have to sit in fear of some unfair evaluation, or know that no administrator is going to back them up in the classroom if a child loses their manners and starts to behave badly?  Have they had students get into fights while they stood in the middle of it? No.  They haven't.  They don't even want to know about it.  Have they had to grab all their work materials and move to another classroom every class period?  Do they know that it is statistically proven that teachers have more bladder problems than people in other professions because they can't go to the bathroom when they need to?
     Teachers do what they do because they love knowledge, learning, teaching and children.  They do it without thanks, without extra pay, without security, without constant pleasant working conditions and sometimes without the materials and supplies that are necessary.  Without the union administrators would continue to torture and harass teachers until they quit, or they would give poor evaluations  until they could remove them so that they could put a relative in that same job.  Teachers wouldn't have a wage that would help them to care for their own children.  Teachers wouldn't have an adequate benefit package.  There was a time when no one wanted to be a teacher because they knew that they wouldn't be able to take care of their families.  I don't know one male teacher who has just one job.  They have to do something extra to stretch their home budget for their family.
     While there are some principals and superintendents who are thoughtful and supportive of teachers, they are not in the majority.  If you don't like unions, then you probably didn't like Dr. King, either.  We're talking about civil rights.  Living wages, health care for the family, adequate supplies and materials, respect for each other, a decent pension,  and sick time that allows teachers to care for their own children as much as they care for their students is necessary.  In education there is little room for advancement.  There is no bonus pay.  There are long hours that take time away from family and there are unreasonable demands placed upon teachers by some administrators.   Without unions there would be unchecked abuse and unfair treatment on teachers from some of those whose job it is to supervise.  We've all seen it.  Lets all be reasonable, talk to one another like equal adults and move forward together for the children, for our communities, for our country.