Archive for July 2017
Rhode Island Gov Vetoes “Forever” Contracts
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed teacher union monopoly bargaining contracts to remain in effect after they have expired, an ultimate power play on the unions part. Katherine Gregg explains in the Providence Journal. In a veto message that echoed the strenuous arguments raised by city and town leaders, Raimondo…
Read MoreThe AFT in the Land of Choice
Peter Cunningham comments on Randi Weingarten’s speech to her members on how school choice promotes segregation. Teacher union official don’t want anyone to be free to make their own decisions. They force teachers to pay for representation they do not want and force parents to keep their children in sub par schools they do not want. …
Read MoreNYC Teachers-Here’s Where Your Dues Go
The United Federation of Teaches is in the news once again with a brouhaha among the union staff. New York City agency fee payor teachers will be interested to note that, in a state with Mandatory monopoly bargaining and compulsory unionism, union office staff pull in over $215,000 a year. Selim Algar has the story in the…
Read MoreEconomist Mark Perry on School Choice and Teacher Unions
I am pleased to present Economist Mark Perry’s comments on Randi Weingarten’s school choice bashing. and reminds us of Steve Jobs’ putdown of teacher unions from 1995. Once again, teacher union officials treat parents and students the same way they treat teachers – with scorn for any personal preferences. As they force teachers to pay…
Read MorePushing Bad Teachers on Good Students
Although the practice and the “rubber rooms” were officially abolished in 2010, apparently the inept teachers are still enjoying all of the benefits as if they were actually teaching in New York City. Now Chancellor Carmine Farina is insisting principals employ these teachers. The article points out the futility of arbitration, as teacher union officials…
Read MoreLarry Sand on the Greatest Union Entitlement
The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, of which CEAFU is a Special Project, has been fighting the injustices of forced unionism since 1975. Official time is a great union boondoggle for public employee unions. The taxpayer foots the bill while union officials conduct union business on company time. These union officials also collect…
Read MoreCA Unions to Get more Special Privileges
California union officials are running scared about the possible outcome of the Janus case, but leave it to them to seek more power via the legislature. If you can’t get people to do what you want, just twist the arms of the legislature. Joshua Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers, claims many agency fee…
Read MoreCA Staff Union Pickets
Mike Antonucci reports on the woes of the California Staff Union and their treatment by the California Teachers Association union officials. Members of the California Staff Organization, the union of professionals who work for the California Teachers Association, held an informational picket at the National Education Association Representative Assembly in Boston last week. The staffers handed out a…
Read MoreTeacher Union Official Claims Charter School Broke the Law
A Massachusetts charter school is in hot water, according to the local teacher union president who has brought questionable charges after voting against letting the school continue as a charter. Why are teacher union officials even allowed to vote on whether a school continues to be a charter school or not? Does the school board…
Read MoreUnion Power At Work in New Jersey
New Jersey Education Association officials use intimidation tactics not only on unwilling teachers but politicians also. David Cantor has the story in the74million.org. The New Jersey Education Association, the second- or third-largest state affiliate of the National Education Association (depending on whether you count the hybrid New York state union), has in recent months offered a…
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