"But I still don't see how white collar crime makes it ok for the unions to do whatever they want?"

Oscar G., I don't believe you speak out about anything except what you perceive as attempts by the 'left' to educate people about the disaster that is Republican governance. Why? Because your comments sound Republican, and Republicans has shown themselves to be ignorant, greedy, liars, and criminals. Review the genealizations of Republicans (and their many crimes) before you complain about that generalization!

Your 'doing anything they want' characterization ignores the other side of the strike, the administrators that forced the union into a corner. The administrators could assume that people like yourself would make their excuses for them, and like a trained puppy, the excuses are made.

You also seem to be a cheerleader for white collar criminals that 'get to do whatever they want'. For example, all by itself, Enron represents over a year of all other non-corporate crime. If 1/10th, 1/100, or 1000th or the time, money, and hot air was spent fighting that white collar crime, then just maybe the budget of the nation, the state, and the city wouldn't be so anemic. Instead, Bush has run up the debt up to $8 trillion and people like you continue to ignore icebergs. In so doing, you do a great nation a grave injustice.