No standing up to unions and socialists is not going to magically fix anything, its just a good start. Next step is to get rid of politions in our central government that listen to and are put there by the unions. The only people that need to worry about job security are those that are not performing to their pay level, those rats need to go somewhere, I hear Canada has a good health care system.
Respect ? Teachers that are dedicated to education and actually do educate our kids are very highly respected. Those that feed off the public trough and do not perform are not, it's sad that a few "bad apples" have so much control to bring the whole system down.