Archive for May 2013

Teacher union officials have lost one battle in Florida, when the lawsuit regarding merit pay for teachers was dismissed.  Merit pay provides a huge disincentive for teachers to join unions, which work for equal pay for all teachers regardless of their talent, expertise and effectiveness. Leslie Postal has the story in the Orlando Sentinel. A…

Will Florida Education Association officials pay income taxes on its contributions collected from January until its reinstatement?  Is an organization that fails to pay its taxes worthy of retaining its members? Confusion over paying taxes is such a debacle it makes one wonder what teacher union officials are doing with the dues money they collect. Perhaps  Florida teachers should…

Ohio teacher union officials are desperate to keep Right to Work out of Ohio.  But that doesn’t stop them from complaining about having to fight to keep freedom for teachers out of the Buckeye State. Note the Ohio Federation of Teachers (American Federation of Teachers/AFL-CIO affiliate), brazenly claims, “The people have already spoken. . .” …

New York City public schools officials have allowed teacher union officials to participate in developing a new teacher evaluation plan.  In their inimitable fashion, these officials have devised a way to secure one-year evaluation plans which must be renegotiated every year.  This allows them to control when stays and leaves the education system.  That should…

Wisconsin’s Act 10’s curb on monopoly bargaining is demonstrating how school districts can manage themselves much better without the practice.  CEAFU has done several studies  on the cost of monopoly bargaining to taxpayers and school districts. Act 10’s implementation is further confirming the benefit when taxpayers take school districts back from teacher union officials and…

The Harford County, Maryland, Education Association may believe it’s fighting for schools, but the only thing teacher union officials are really fighting for is more forced dues to go in their coffers. Teacher union officials dress this law up as a silk purse when it is obviously a sow’s ear for teachers, calling it “fair…

Bob Parks’ comments reflect how teacher union officials teach nothing but selfishness, and points out their animosity toward teacher freedom and Right to Work. Even former NEA President Bob Chase admitted in 1998 . . .  “The fact is that in some instances, we have  used power. . . to protect the narrow interests of our members…