Archive for December 2017

Florida’s cherished Right to Work Law allows teachers to join or refrain from joining a union in order to obtain or keep a job. However, teacher union officials still retain the power to force teachers in any district to be represented under an exclusive representation contract.  The bill is already facing much opposition from teacher…

Charter schools, once unionized, lose the flexibility that allows them to be more effective.  Liana Loewus has the story in Ed Week. Among the most recent charters to organize is Chavez Prep Middle School in Washington, part of the Cesar Chavez Public Charter School network. Teachers there voted in June to form a collective-bargaining unit affiliated with the 1.6-million-member American…

Two bills in the Pennsylvania legislature could curb two of the more egregious government union abuses currently being perpetrated across the nation. Jessica Barnett, policy analyst with the Commonwealth Foundation of Pennsylvania, explains on pennlive.com. Should state government help special interest groups collect political campaign donations? Most Pennsylvanians would instinctively answer “no.” In fact, using government…

New York City agency fee payor teachers, take note. Your dues dollars must have been used to train unknown persons to knock on doors to talk about the Janus case before the Supreme Court, which could end your being forced to pay dues to a union for anything.  Check out the tale on nyceducator. I got a funny…

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos assures teacher union officials she will not be leaving the Department of Education. Jason Gonzales has the story in USA Today. During a speech in Nashville on Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos called for education reform groups to continue the fight for school choice and said rumors of her departure…

While CEAFU supporters have always known teacher union officials “frame” issues in a certain way to maintain their power, it’s always time to set the record straight. Again and again.   Mike Antonucci, on the 74million.org, has focused a gimlet eye on 5 common teacher union arguments that are based on half-truths.  We include 4 here…