Anti-Union People

http://teachersunionexposed.com/meritpay.php

This website offers some pretty interesting claims against teacher unions. I'm not sure how reliable it is, though. As I read through some of the information they present, my blood started to boil a little bit, specifically with the claims the URL above states. It is talking about merit pay, which is basically paying teachers based on their performance (which I bet means test scores). The website talks about how teacher unions are protecting the "bad teachers" by fighting against merit pay. Sure there are bad teachers out there, and yes they probably are being protected by the union they are members of, but doesn't that happen in other professions too? My dad is a member of a union for his job, and his union has protected my dad and the other workers against the "bad guys" who try to lower his income or decrease his benefits. There are plenty of "bad" workers in his profession too, but they are protected under the union. Nobody hears about those bad workers though, because they aren't teachers...they're just mechanics. Teachers have been in the spot-light for years, and that is why people are attacking the teacher unions. Every profession has good guys and bad guys! It is up to the union to protect those good guys though, even if they end up saving a few bad guys along the way too. Schools still have the power to fire bad employees, and that includes teachers doesn't it? Just like my dad's employer can fire any bad employee, regardless of whether they are a union member. But maybe I'm wrong...