Archive for December 2013

Teacher union membership has decreased significantly in the past few years, paving the way for teacher freedom.  If you are a union member who would like to resign your membership, CEAFU has all of the information you need to resign “correctly,” and resources to find alternatives to union membership for your professional and liability insurance…

The Michigan Education Association has always been one of the most militant teachers unions, but their reign of error over Michigan teachers may be coming to an end.  Steeped in the principles laid out in Saul Alinski’s “Rules for Radicals,” Michigan Education Association officials are notorious for orchestrating shutdowns of schools when their outrageous demands…

Here is another example of how school boards colude with teacher union officials to keep monopoly bargaining in place, even when state law has prohibited it.  Teachers must still endure forced exclusive representation as long as school boards will not stand up to union officials’ power. Kim Lamoreaux has the story in the Sauk Prairie…

Teachers win right to union recertification elections guaranteed under law Waukesha, WI (December 5, 2013) – The Waukesha County Circuit Court has approved a settlement between five Wisconsin public school teachers and the Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission (WERC) that will allow teachers across the state to determine whether union officials can continue to claim to…

Ever wonder where your dues go?  Here’s a look at the contract for the NEA National Headquarters employees, in Washington, DC.  As Mike Antonucci reminds us, teacher unions are also businesses, and employers.  Apparently NEA officials have no problem forcing their own employees into paying forced dues or be fired.  Here’s the story: About 500 people work…