LA parents betrayed again as union bosses pull the strings and politicians cave to their demands

The Los Angeles Unified School District just proved, once again, who’s really running the show: the teachers’ union. Forget about students or hardworking parents. This latest backdoor deal with United Teachers Los Angeles is nothing but a classic case of union bullies getting their way, and cowardly liberal politicians folding like a cheap deck of cards. Why? Because it’s an election year, and the last thing woke LA elites want is angry parents showing up to the polls after another disastrous school shutdown.

Everyone knows the unions already run the district. This latest so-called “deal” only proves the point. The politicians keep bending over backward to appease special interest groups, instead of demanding real reform and excellence in our schools. Kids’ education comes last—if it even makes the list. Parents know it, teachers know it, and now the whole country gets another example of liberal incompetence on full public display.

Sure, classes might stay open for now, but at what cost? Taxpayers are on the hook again, forced to shovel more money at a broken system that rewards mediocrity and punishes achievement. The politicians in Los Angeles love to talk about equality, but their cozy relationship with the unions only makes things worse for students stuck in failing classrooms. Where’s the accountability? Where are the standards? Nowhere to be found.

Meanwhile, parents are left scrambling. These backroom deals happen with zero input from families or concerned citizens. Liberal bureaucrats are so afraid of losing union support in November that they’ll sign away anything to avoid a strike—even if it means selling out kids’ futures. It’s all about power for them, not progress.

At the end of the day, the lesson is clear: the unions and their political puppets put themselves first, election after election. The needs of students and families are just collateral damage. Maybe it’s time for voters in Los Angeles and everywhere else to wake up and ask—the unions run the schools, but who should really be in charge?

Source: NY Post