Archive for May 2014
7,000 Michigan Teachers Not Paying Dues
Doug Pratt, Director of Member and Political Engagement for the Michigan Education Association (MEA), admitted on Michigan Public Radio that 7,000 Michigan teacher members had not yet paid their dues, but envisions Michigan’s Right to Work Law as strengthening the MEA in the next 5 years. Pratt blamed these numbers on the discontinuation of forced…
Read MoreHarris Decision is Imminent
The Supreme Court Case, Harris V. Quinn, brought by the National Right to Work Foundation, could decide the fate of public employees across America, and may be decided by the end of the current week. The Constitution Center’s Nicandro Iannacci has the story in its blog has the story. At issue are two critical questions. First, can the…
Read MoreCourt to Decide Teacher Union Dues Case
With free legal advice from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, Ohio teachers will receive a partial refund of dues they were forced to pay to the Ohio Education Association the state NEA affiliate. Check out Foundation Attorney Nathan McGrath’s summary of the case at Jason Hart has the story on mediatrackers.org. A class-action suit…
Read MoreCollaborative Communications: A Better Way
Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism’s (CEAFU) mission to free teachers from compulsory unionism includes exposing the compulsory nature of monopoly bargaining, even when it occurs in Right To Work states. During this year’s annual CEAFU Conference that brings together many non-union professional educator associations, alternatives to monopoly-bargaining power received considerable attention.[video_lightbox_youtube video_id=”uhbHbg8q3AM” width=640 height=450 anchor=”https://h6ab8b.a2cdn1.secureserver.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/click_ginger_tinney.gif”]…
Read MoreOhio Teachers Suffer Harrassment During Strike
Ohio teachers who crossed a picket line last year during a 2-month long strike, are still being targeted by union officials, who are demanding names and addresses, after days of harassment by striking teacher union members. Read the story on Foxnews.com. During the eight-week-long strike in the Cleveland suburb of Strongsville more than a year…
Read More2014 Presenters for the 39th Annual Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism Conference
CEAFU 2014 Conference All Star Line-Up (in order of appearance) (click here to download the schedule) Larry Sand, California Teachers Empowerment Network Larry Sand began his teaching career in New York in 1971, teaching in elementary school as well as English, math, history and ESL in the Los Angeles Unified School District, where he also served…
Read MoreKaren Lewis: Money For Pension Funds, Not Schools
For Karen Lewis, Chicago Teacher Union president, it’s never about the kids. In her latest jeremiad she criticizes officials for putting education budge money into opening charters and turning around schools instead of enriching the teacher union pension fund. Greg Hinz has the story in Crain’s Chicago Business. In her speech, Ms. Lewis, often in very…
Read MoreNYC Teacher Union Bosses Consider Buyouts for “Rubber Room” Teachers
An internal Department of Education memorandum outlines a plan to offer buyouts to “rubber room” teachers. These teachers remain on the payroll, but spend their days in school doing anything but teach. Geoff Decker has the story in chalkbeat. The teachers have been assigned to a Temporary Reassignment Center, or “rubber room, ” for some sort of…
Read MoreNevada AFL-CIO Refuses State NEA’s Tax Hike Request8
The Nevada State Education Association has hit a bump in the road in its quest for more education money through taxes. In a surprising lack of solidarity, the Nevada AFL-CIO has publicly refused to support the Nevada Education Association’s demand that business taxpayers pitch pay more towards public education. Mike Antonucci tells this story in Intercepts. The Nevada State…
Read More“. . . Philadelphia students are being abandoned at the intersection of greed and power.”
Tom Rogan takes on teacher union official power and greed, as well as the Superintendent of Schools in Philadelphia. The story is in the National Review. Last Friday, the Philadelphia superintendent of schools, William Hite, announced that his 2014–15 budget is short $216 million. Moreover, he says, Philadelphia schools actually need $440 million to escape their…
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