Teachers Union President Threatens To Punch Opponents of Common Core

[From article]
City teachers union president Michael Mulgrew flipped his lid at a national union gathering last month while defending Common Core — at one point pugnaciously threatening those who oppose it that he would “punch you in the face and push you in the dirt.”
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“And I’m going to punch you in the face and push you in the dirt because this is the teachers! These are our tools and you sick people need to deal with us and the children we teach. Thank you very much!”

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Teachers union president threatened to ‘punch’ Common Core opponents
By Bob Fredericks
August 7, 2014 | 2:04pm

Published on Aug 7, 2014
Mulgrew makes "punch you in face comment". Leroy Barr mocked by Minneapolis teacher.

NY Teachers Paid Not to Teach

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/union_classic_le_en_jrQKCmKdjWQbMAtzqHASxI

1,500 teachers paid to do union business and miss class
By SUSAN EDELMAN
New York Post
Last Updated: 7:12 PM, February 28, 2011
Posted: 12:40 AM, February 27, 2011