Detroit is taking on its other union problem

Having gotten its bailout, the UAW remains alive, albeit on life support. The private-sector union that boasted over 700,000 members just ten years ago has rebounded modestly from 355,000 to 376,000 members, thanks to the $80 billion bailout of the domestic automakers. (Without the bailout, they would have at least slipped to 250,000, and possibly much further if suppliers had suffered badly enough.)

The public-sector unions in Michigan, though, are not getting it so good. Thanks to new legislation signed by Gov. Rick Synder, R, Detroit’s teachers’ union will be the first to face the music, the Wall Street Journal reports: