Education: Union Trouble

In suburban St. Louis' Normandy High School, a cycle of events took place in familiar sequence.

¶ Three teachers joined Local 779 of the A.F. of L. American Federation of Teachers, and another applied for membership.

¶ Superintendent of Schools Fred B. Miller warned them to stay away from the union "if you have any sense."

¶ Last week, after much wrangling, the applicant withdrew his application; one of the new union members was standing firm on the strength of a 17-year tenure, one temporary employe was about to be dismissed, and the fourth man,...

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