Archive for January 2016

From Mike Antonucci’s quotes on public education for 2015, another addressing the consequences  of forcing teachers to pay dues or support.  “Rank-and-file dissidents have long had doubts about most forms of automatic dues collection, worrying that such a set-up helps create an ossified system in which a complacent top never comes face-to-face with a demobilized bottom.” –…

Another gem from Mike Antonucci’s 2015 collection of quotes on public education.  The quote vividly illustrates why Rebecca Friedrichs and many other teachers are forced to join or support a labor union in order to get or keep a job.  While the case lies with the Supreme Court, things remain static.  When unions speak for their members…

From Mike Antonucci’s collection of public education quotes for 2015: “There are people who have the libertarian view that we need to end public education. They want to destroy public education. They want to destroy every public service. I think they are not only foolish, but they are dangerous. Then there’s a group of reformers who may…

Richard Wolf, USA Today Online, reports on the now closed oral arguments in the Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association case before the Supreme Court.  The case could free public sector workers from being forced to support or join a labor union in order to get or keep their jobs. The Supreme Court left little doubt Monday where…

“AGENCY SHOP”:  Union Dues Required, Competence Ignored Charleen Sciambi, a 13-year veteran California teacher honored in 1983 as the state’s best “Foreign Language Teacher of the year”, was fired for refusing to pay union dues in a lump sum in advance or by payroll education as demanded by union officials. Mrs. Sciambi successfully appealed her…

In her own words, Rebecca Friedrichs explains why the Supreme Court should end compulsory unionism for all, on cnn.com. Rebecca Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v. CTA. The Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments of the case on Monday. She has been teaching for 28 years and is an elementary school teacher in the Savanna…