Not surprisingly, the state unions are following the national unions' lead. Here's the Boston Globe's Scot Lehigh with an op ed giving the head of the Boston Teachers Union the RIPPING he deserves:

LET'S SAY there was a monthly award for dunderheaded behavior by a public-employees union. Why, let's even give it a name. How about, the Stutman Trophy for Obstinately Myopic Positions, after Richard Stutman, the longtime president of the Boston Teachers Union.

The STOMP Award, for short.

This month, the hands-down winner would be the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, which just voted not to cooperate with state attempts to win $250 million in federal education dollars.

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