Archive for May 2016

It will come as no surprise to teachers who pay forced dues that they are supporting many non-educational issues, particularly ones they may not agree with on a moral or ethical basis. While the (National Right to Work Legal  Defense Foundation, of which CEAFU is a  Special Project) Foundation-won Abood case allows these teachers to opt…

New York law requires mandatory monopoly bargaining and compulsory unionism.That means all teachers in every district must either become union members or objecting nonmembers.  The New York United Federation of Teachers union is now spending those forced dues they collect to demand investors also pay their so-called “fair share”.  David Cantor has the story on…

CEAFU Key Leader and President of California Teacher Empowerment Network, Larry Sand, comments on AFT teacher union’s latest criticism of a high-stakes testing company and testing in general.  Check the story out on unionwatch.org. . . . perhaps the most bizarre teacher union activity in April, again courtesy of AFT, took place last week in England,…