Monday’s must read

OK, the story was actually posted Friday night. But maybe, like me, you didn’t want to consume anything too serious over the weekend.

So now take part of your Presidents Day to read this Howard Blume story in the L.A. Times on the waning influence of United Teachers Los Angeles.

Here’s a taste:

“When I read ‘the powerful teachers union,’ I think: What powerful teachers union?” said Becki Robinson, a UTLA vice president from 1996 to 2002 who remained active in the union until her retirement two years ago. “I don’t believe that the current UTLA has any political influence in the district at all. It is completely 180 degrees from what it used to be.”

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