Archive for February 2013

In Michigan, Wayne State University officials have signed a death warrant for teacher freedom for the next 8 years. Teacher union officials are determined to defy the voice of Michigan workers and circumvent the state’s Right to Work Law.  These officials have bullied school administrators into signing new, long-lasting contracts, in order to keep teacher corralled into paying forced dues for…

Larry Sand, President of California Teacher Empowerment Network, has hit the nail on the head once again.  What other private organization (and unions are private organizations) can thrust itself into a government operation and take over control of the government’s employees?  Thank you, Larry, for telling the truth about compulsory unionism! Read Larry’s Op Ed…

On Tuesday, March 5, The Conservative Forum of Silicon Valley will present an excellent program, on education reform in California.  Entitled “How to Improve Education in California”, the panel will consist of CTEN President Larry Sand; and Stanford University Political Science Chairman Terry Moe; Gloria Romero, Democrats for Education Reform; and Dean Vogel, President of the California Teachers Association.  For…

Professional Educators of Tennessee  (PET), the premiere nonunion, independent professional teacher organization in Tennessee, is launching a campaign to eradicate a practice that has long allowed union officials to grab taxpayer money to pay for union business.   John C. Bowman, Executive Director for PET, is determined to showcase the differences between PET and the Tennessee Education…

National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys helped former school teacher Amy Anaya recoup the dues her school district withheld during her tenure.  Ms. Anaya will receive most of the dues she paid – $750.00.   The story’s on Western  Wisconsin News.  Amy Anaya is getting the entire amount back. The National Right-to-Work Foundation announced the settlement. The…

A bill before the Indiana legislature would ban school districts from acting as the union’s bill collector.  Currently school districts do union officials’ work for them – free of charge, by deducting teacher union dues automatically from teachers’ paychecks. This automatic dues deduction scheme benefits teacher unions in many ways, so there is no question…

Look out, Michigan teachers.  Michigan teacher union officials are devising ways to keep you under the yoke of forced unionism.  Desperate to keep forced dues dollars coming in, knowing that the new Michigan Right to Work Law will allow captive members to have a choice, teacher union officials are in a mad scramble to extend…

The Center for Education Reform, which has been involved with charter schools since 1993, reveals an agenda behind a series of Reuters articles.   SELECTIVE? It’s irresponsible when facts are distorted, claims unsubstantiated, and balance not offered in the news. A series of articles by Stephanie Simon for Reuters News uncovering selectivity in enrollment at some charter schools was…

Lowman S. Henry, in the Patriot-News,  takes teacher union officials to task for their hypocritical stance on education grants, “. . . using public school students as a political bargaining chip,” when this is what PSEA officials do every time they call a strike.”   Unwilling teachers are also forced to kowtow to the unions’ demands,…

Will the findings from this study on health care point to teacher union influence in health care prices?   The report should be an enlightening one.UPI.com has the preliminary story.  Health insurance costs for U.S. teachers, a strongly unionized profession, are significantly higher than those in private sector jobs, an academic study found. Using Bureau of Labor Statistics…