Archive for April 2013

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel, commenting on a new bill in Kansas which eliminates mandatory dues deductions for all Kansas employees, admits that mandatory payroll dues deduction compels union membership.  Without detailing why this is so, he claims states with no mandatory dues deduction lose about a third of their members.  Perhaps other states should…

Not content to clog up the courts with lawsuits in a pathetic attempt to circumvent Act 10, Wisconsin teacher union officials have gathered for a Representative Assembly which could determine whether the NEA affiliate merges with the AFT affiliate in order to preserve what waning power they posses.  Teacher union officials are keeping mum about any topics of discussion, though, declaring…

Former Auburn Teachers Association (ATA) president Sally Widmer died last November after serving as president of this local affiliate for more than 35 years.  Eulogized as “amazing,” and a selfless servant to the union and community, it was discovered she embezzled over $800,000 in forced dues from the local, then bequeathed $50,000 to AFT affiliate.  How much will…

Larry Sand, as usual, has ferreted out another outrageous example of California Teachers’ Association’s (CTA) blatant hypocrisy.  While one hand of the CTA hands millions in forced dues dollars over to support Democrat candidates, the other hand is busy sponsoring resolutions condemning StudentsFirst.org, and Democrats for Education Reform.  These two worthy groups are dedicated to putting…

The Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU.org) held an online meeting with National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation attorneys who explained the basic ins-and-outs for Pennsylvania’s public school teachers who are interested in resigning their union membership. CEAFU published the video used in part of the meeting. CEAFU is always searching for new ways…

Teacher union officials in Michigan are pretending when they say, “It’s all for the kids”.  Desperate to hang onto their power in Michigan, are flaunting the Right to Work Law by negotiating legal extended contracts for up to ten years.  The real scandal here is that these contracts could cost these school districts, and institutions…

Teacher union officials in Michigan are pretending when they say, “It’s all for the kids”.  Desperate to hang onto their power in Michigan, are flaunting the Right to Work Law by negotiating legal extended contracts for up to ten years.  The real scandal here is that these contracts could cost these school districts, and institutions…