As the son of public school teachers, I know for a fact that teachers have ridiculously low pay and are constantly in danger of being laid off. Without teachers unions, we will lose even more of our best and brightest. Stick it to the corporations and bankers that got rich off our tragedy, don't stick it to your common man and woman.

Thanks to Mark Moss of SingOut! Magazine for this great video of John Darnielle (The Mountain Goats).

Power In A Union from JD on Vimeo.

And here's some music from Woody Guthrie, the long-standing hero of the common man/woman.

Woody Guthrie: All You Fascists Bound to Lose

 
And a final word from Ani Difranco, covering the great "Which Side Are You On".