Archive for September 2017

Mike Antonucci explains how teacher union officials take cost into consideration when deciding which cases to pursue when it comes to firing teachers in the 74million.org. The most common criticism of teachers unions is that they protect bad employees. It can often take years and hundreds of thousands of dollars to fire a tenured public school…

Tom Steward previews Education Minnesota’s plan for post-Janus recruiting. Minnesota is one of 21 states with mandatory monopoly bargaining and compulsory unionism. The state’s most powerful public employee union — Education Minnesota — has quietly begun laying the groundwork to prevent the potential loss of thousands of members and millions of dollars, depending on the…

United Federation of Teachers (UFT) officials prepare for a moderate loss of dues revenue if Janus is decided in favor of employee freedom.  Carl Campanile has the story in The New York Post.  UFT is the New York City affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers. The United Federation of Teachers is drafting plans to dramatically slash its $182…