Archive for December 2015

Many teacher union members as well as forced dues payers, who have no idea where their dues go, may be surprised to find that teacher union officials make grandiose salaries.  For teacher union officials the policy is Pay Up or Be Fired.  Teachers have no say in how much they are charged for dues, or even whether they can…

Since 1983 Ohio teacher have had to either join a teacher union, or pay forced dues in support of those unions.  Here is another example of how teacher union officials force teachers into paying dues against their will. Teachers who would like  more information about their rights under the law, or resign, should contact the…

A group of parents have filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Rebecca Friedrichs and her fellow plaintiffs.  The case will be heard on January 11, before the Supreme Court, is built  upon victories won by The National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation, seeks to free teachers from paying forced dues to teacher unions…

Do teacher union officials speak for their members?  Apparently not.  Read how New Jersey teacher union officials are denying teachers a raise that has yet to be negotiated into the contract.  Jonathan Lin has the story in the Jersey Journal. Mayor Jimmy Davis is defending his intentions in proposing that teachers be given pay increases while contract…

The National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) must report financial disclosure statements with the U. S. Department of Labor.  This information is available to the public at the Department of Labor’s website.  It is difficult to believe teacher union officials are consulting their members before spending their often forced…

Jamie Lund comments on a Washington school board’s decision to allow a forced dues clause to be negotiated into the contract.  Check out the story in the South Pierce County Dispatch. . . . the Eatonville School Board yielded to union bargaining pressure this year and agreed that all but a few teachers would be…

Michigan passed a Right to Work Law in March, 2013, proclaiming all workers could choose for themselves whether they wanted to belong to, or support a union in order to get or keep a job. Prior to passage of the law, teachers were forced to either join up with the teacher union or become a…

While Wisconsin’s Act 10 requires teachers to re-certify union representation annually, Madison Teachers Inc., wants to know who’s voted in the election so far and who has not.  Doug Erickson has the story in the Journal Times Online. Madison Teachers Inc. (MTI) says it has the right, under the state’s public records law, to know which Madison…

In 1970,  George Fischer, then National Education Association (NEA) president, declared, “Within 10 years, I think this organization will control the qualifications for entrance into the profession and for the privilege of remaining in the profession.”  The New York State United Teachers (NYSUT) seems to have achieved that goal in the Empire State.  Teacher union officials managed to…

Terrence Pell, President of the Center for Individual Rights, corrects some of the falsehoods union bosses have been spreading about the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case currently before the Supreme Court.  His letter appears in the Orange County Register. Re: “Another corporate attack on workers” [Opinion, Nov. 13] and “Muir tells other side in Friedrichs case” [Letters,…