eacher Union Prez Says Reform of Public-Sector Unions "Just Like Being in the Slave Days"

During a Tuesday union rally in Lansing against a bill that would give new powers to appointed emergency managers, the president of a state teachers’ union compared the legislation to slavery. "It's again a way to say to labor, ‘you don't count,’” said Iris Salters, president of the Michigan Education Association. “It's a way to say to employees: ‘get back.’ I believe it's just like being in the slave days.” Salters didn’t respond to an e-mail seeking comment. Emergency managers are appointed by the Governor to take over financially struggling schools and municipalities. Salters’ union represents Michigan’s public school teachers,...