I’d been a teacher in the classroom for little more than a year when I came to a crossroads, either I should strike for teacher’s rights or cross a picket line. My impulse was to ignore the strike on behalf of my students, but when a senior teacher heard my decision, he shook hi

In the 1970s, I headed a local teachers’ union, an affiliate of the AFL/CIO. As president, I’d familiarized myself with  Robert’s Rules of Order, wanting the meetings to go smoothly. One evening,  after a  Labor Council gathering,  a high ranking member of the state body cal