Laurence Simon sums up in one simple sentence everything I find wrong about unions today, and why I have no desire to join HOPE, the combined AFL-CIO-SEIU union for Houston city employees:

A Union is not there to get its members all they can get. No, it’s there to represent the members to help them get what they rightly deserve.

The greed of Gayle Fallon, local teacher’s union prez is what prompted his latest rant.