Archive for October 2013

Wisconsin teacher union officials are taking full advantage of Judge Colas’ ruling that barred the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission from enforcing Act 10’s requirement that only wages and salary issues may be negotiated in monopoly bargaining. Deneen Smith has the story in the Kenosha News. A divided School Board voted Tuesday to begin bargaining new…

Enforcement of Wisconsin’s Act 10 has been stymied by a judge’s ruling that parts of the Act are unconstitutional.  Marge Pitrof has the story on WUWM radio. Last year, Dane County Circuit Court Judge Juan Colas declared parts of Wisconsin Act 10 unconstitutional. One of its provisions, requires public unions to re-certify every year, and the Wisconsin…

Teachers seek union recertification elections guaranteed under law Waukesha, WI (October 30, 2013) – With the help of attorneys from the National Right to Work Foundation and the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty, five Wisconsin public school teachers have filed a lawsuit in state court against the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC). In the lawsuit, the…

Virginia is the perfect state for a teacher who wishes to teach in freedom.  In addition to being a Right to Work state, the Commonwealth also forbids monopoly bargaining for public employees.  Teachers do not have to join a union in order to obtain or keep a job, and teacher union officials cannot corral teachers with…

On a question asked by Peggy Noonan, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Obama’s favoring NEA & AFT Teacher Union Bosses over poor children in Louisiana; it’s the “only reason” Jindal could think of for the Obama Administration to sue to force children in to “F” rated schools. Gov. Jindal said he has invited Obama and…