Archive for October 2018

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania legislature is wrestling with the state’s forced dues laws which were voided by the  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus v AFSCME ruling.  David Lemery has the story in watchdog.org.  Pennsylvania teachers interested in pursuing alternative professional education associations, such as Keystone Teachers Association, should consult the map at top of…

Education Minnesota officials are going all out to get the votes they want by encouraging teachers to vote in the coming elections.  The officials blame the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s landmark Janus decision , which freed teachers from having to support unwanted political issues and politicians.  Erin Golden has the story in the Star Tribune. Outside…

In an ongoing case challenging the constitutionality of mandatory union payments, a group of Pennsylvania teachers have asked a federal judge to apply the recent landmark Janus Supreme Court, won by attorneys of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation,  precedent by striking down the portions of Pennsylvania law that authorize forced union dues. This case, Hartnett…

Mike Antonucci reports what the NEA isn’t telling the public of the effects of the Janus decision in the 74million.org.   More than 87,000 teachers who were forced to pay dues are freed from the burden since the Janus decision was handed down by the U.S. Supreme Court in June.   While the decision does not appear to have changed the…

Larry Sand discusses how teacher union officials continue to pour millions of forced-dues dollars into politics and get away with it in The City Journal.  While many teachers may wish to resign their membership, fear and lack of follow-through plague the escape process.  Larry Sand, a former classroom teacher, is the president of the non-profit California Teachers…

Bruce Elliott outlines how Washington School Board members are knuckling under pressure from teacher union officials in carrying out the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision in goskagit.com. School boards in Skagit County — and throughout the state for that matter — have totally abrogated their duty and responsibility to be good stewards of public money by…

The Maryland  State Education Association is suing Governor Larry Hogan over the use of an apple logo.  Mike Antonucci puts a humorous spin on the story. The Maryland State Education Association is going to court to prevent Gov. Larry Hogan from using a red apple logo on his campaign literature. MSEA claims the image violates the union’s registered trademark…

It may be difficult to believe, but not even all union members get represented under exclusive representation contracts.  The only members truly represented are teacher union officials themselves.  Larry Sand has the story in the City Journal. The Supreme Court’s Janus v. AFSCME decision in June freed government workers nationwide—including public school teachers—from being forced to pay money to unions…

Despite the recent furor over #RedforEd, teacher union officials and members running for office,  and teacher union boasts about how their membership has rallied since the Janus decision, apparently the public is not satisfied.  A USA Today poll conducted by Ipsos, finds the public does not equate teacher unions (or teacher union  membership) with quality…