Archive for October 2017

Restrictions in the Iowa monopoly bargaining bill have driven Iowa State Education Association and local affiliate union officials to court in their attempt to get back the monopoly bargaining power they lost recently.   Most Iowa school districts’ monopoly bargaining agreements are currently expiring and each union will be required to be recertified by the districts teachers.    James Q.…

Compulsory unionism in the guise of strikes takes a beating in an editorial in the Washington, Pennsylvania, Reporter-Observer. Right now, Pennsylvania is one of just nine states that allows its teachers to strike. It’s also the national leader in teacher strikes. Most other states, including labor-friendly blue states that you would expect to allow strikes,…

As if New York teachers were not burdened enough, having to either join or support the New York City United Federation of Teachers, teacher union officials, by way of the Department of Education (at taxpayer expense) are “double-dipping” union dues deductions.  And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.  Union representatives don’t seem to be able to tell…

Another strike threat in San Francisco with picketing. Laura Waxman has the story in the San Francisco Examiner online. At least 200 educators and their supporters calling for higher wages under the threat of a strike stormed the San Francisco Unified School District’s headquarters on Tuesday. Dozens more echoed that sentiment, declaring that they were prepared to…

Teacher union officials can claim a phyrric victory as the strike they have called has closed schools in that California school district. B. J. Hansen has the story in mymotherlode.com. There will be no school today, and potentially again tomorrow, at schools in the Calaveras Unified School District. The latest statement written by CUSD Superintendent Mark Campbell…

United Teachers of Los Angeles (UTLA) are picketing over the District’s budget. Sympathetic board member Richard Vladovic claims they believe the district has more money or is not spending it correctly.    With such a sympathetic board member it’s no wonder teacher union officials believe they can run rampant  over the budget.  Mike Syzmanski has the story in…

Matt Mc Lean reports on a 24-college teacher strike in Canada on big101fm.com. Faculty at 24 Ontario colleges have gone on strike, affecting more than 500-thousand students. The Ontario Public Services Employees Union says the two sides couldn’t resolve their differences ahead of the midnight Sunday strike deadline. There’s no indication yet when talks might resume.…

Malcolm A. Kline has some revealing comments about the New Jersey Education Association’s top union official in Accuracy in Academia.  New Jersey Education Association Executive Director Ed Richardson reported an income of over $1 million in salary and benefits on the Association’s Form 990. How much of that comes from teachers who are forced to pay…