Archive for January 2013

Indiana State Teachers Association’s members deserve to know how their dues are being spent, especially when it’s being used to settle a wasteful scandal that will deprive those very same members of benefits they paid for.   While Warren Williams complains members would never be treated the way he was, it’s no surprise to those who have…

The Michigan Education Association, once one of the most powerful National Education Association (NEA) state affiliates, has fallen to new lows of desperation.  The tactic, of suing members for forced dues, is not a new one.  Prior to 1993, when Indiana passed a Right To Work Law for teachers, Hoosier teachers were taken to court by…

Simon Campbell, founder and president of stopteacherstrikes.org, union boss critic, and Pennsbury school board member, wins a battle for the public, requesting information about the negotiation process at Pennsylvania universities.   An independent futures trader, Simon caught the “fever in the belly” when his daughters’ school was shut down over a strike.  Phillyburbs.com has the story. Commonwealth Court has said…

Mike Antonucci, Education Intelligence Agency, explains the demise of Communities for Quality Education, an NEA cache for millions of forced dues over the years. Launched in 2004 with almost $9 million of dues money, the “independent” organization gradually disappeared from public sight, existing only as a means to cover up NEA funding and/or involvement on a particular…

From running ads insisting inexperienced drivers could harm students, to blaming Mayor Bloomberg for the strike, ATU union bosses are pulling out all the stops to keep their cash cow relationship with New York City going.  For many years, they have threatened a strike every time their wishes are not fulfilled. Al Baker and Marc…

Teachers who do not agree with union officials’ tactics are forced to cross picket lines.  Students are forced to miss education, and will never catch up if the strike continues.  Amanda Marrazzo has the story in the Chicago Tribune:  In what has become a familiar scene in the Chicago area this school year, about 330 teachers in Community Consolidated…

While some Maryland counties have forced teachers to join up or pay forced dues to a labor union, a new bill in the Legislature would force ALL teachers into an agency shop agreement.  Thanks to Mike Antonucci for the story:  Michigan eliminated agency fees amid the storm and thunder of union protests and breathless media reports, but…