Archive for August 2017

This is not the first time teacher union officials have spread fear about a teacher shortage. Faced with the prospect of losing their millions in forced dues, the fear strengthens their power over schools and parents, and also gains them more dues.  More teachers = more dues.  Mike Antonucci has the story in the 74million.org. Any day…

Teacher union officials in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania strike again.   For many years the Keystone State has led the country in the number of teacher strikes.  This year they are also eligible for the dubious distinction of being the first state to endure a teacher strike.  Pennsylvania teachers may be forced to pay dues as…

It appears Connecticut teacher union officials rule the roost when it comes to who has the power to direct taxpayer money in education. Chris Powell has the story in the Norwich Bulletin. In an interview with the New Haven Register’s Mary O’Leary, the governor noted that school enrollment in Connecticut long has been declining. So,…

Iowa State Education Association (ISEA) president is concerned over whether Iowa teachers in some districts will vote to recertify their monopoly bargaining contract.  How concerned is ISEA staff about teachers resigning and the reality of window periods where teachers may only resign within specified times?  Joyce Russel has the story on Iowa Public Radio. The state’s largest teachers…

Larry Sand, President of California Teacher Empowerment Network, provides his views on National Employee Freedom Week on California Policy Center, and distills Ben Johnson’s shattering revelations on the inside workings of teacher unions. We are in the middle of the fifth annual National Employee Freedom Week, a nation-wide effort to inform employees about their union membership…

Employees wishing to obtain free legal aid if they feel their rights have been abrogated by compulsory unionism, should contact the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.   Please call (800) 336-3600, or go to www.nrtw.org, for more information. Trey Kovacs comments on Employee Freedom Week on InsideSources.com. Forcing workers to pay union dues as a condition…

Former AFT President Ben Johnson visited with CEAFU and Foundation staff and had some pretty surprising things to say about forced unionism.   Connor D. Wolf reports in the Daily Caller Online. Labor unions oppose few policies more than they do right-to-work laws. But one former state union president Friday endorsed the policy as a critical workplace right. Ben Johnson has…

Blaming the political spending of the other side – school choice advocates – United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) president Alex Caputo-Pearl attempts to explain to teacher union members how their union-backed candidates lost the Los Angeles School District School board race and “billionaires bought the election.” He forgets local teacher unions and the state…

Charter school teachers and other employees can learn about their workplace rights by contacting the National Right to Work Foundation for information and free legal advice, or consult their website at www.nrtw.org. National Education Association (NEA) teacher union officials, in particular criticize charter schools, giving all sorts of reasons to not embrace them on the face…

The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform shows most people polled, including teachers, are opposed to teacher having to be pay forced dues, or agency shop fees. The 2017 Education Next survey, conducted in May and June of this year, offers us an opportunity to explore these questions and many more. With this year’s survey, our 11th annual…