Their union, Council 82, has gone to court to stop the practice.

"She says her friends say the union went and lied."

"The city has problems because they know that no other union will go for it."

But the union has gone out of its way to support him, even on issues that may not affect teachers directly.

The union went national, spreading to 13 cities by 1986.

Everything is a, was a good thing that the unions but they're going too far.

"It appears that the union has gone through the looking glass."

The process was blunt but effective, and the teachers' union went along.

"A lot of people want to know what a union is going to do for them that the company isn't doing already."

The union wasn't going to get her downtown full time.