NC Teachers Abandoning Unions

RALEIGH — To many, the National Education Association is as synonymous with public-school teachers as the Teamsters is with truck drivers. Its state affiliate, the North Carolina Association of Educators, reportedly has nearly 50,000 active members who pay full-time dues and work in North Carolina schools. As the national organized labor movement faces defections and criticism from unsatisfied members, North Carolina teachers are doing the same.