Archive for November 2018

Do unions speak for their members?  Apparently Steve Light does not think so as he excoriates United Federation of Teachers (UFT) prez Michael Mulgrew and teacher unions in general, for not standing up for their members in contract negotiations.   Apparently some UFT members were also not happy about the manner in which the contract was agreed upon. …

The Kokomo, Indiana school system’s teacher union membership has fallen below that which it needs to continue to be the exclusive representative for that district.  Teacher union officials, of course, blame the state legislation.  If a union is good for teachers, it will not have to force them to join, they will join and stay…

As we have said before, teacher union officials are finding it difficult to keep members now that they are protected by the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus case.   For years teacher union officials across the country have repudiated charter schools for one reason or another.  Now Chicago Teacher Union officials are turning to charter…

Michael J. Reitz, of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy, sets the record straight on teacher unions’ framing of their membership rolls and the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus v AFSCME decision freeing all teachers from the yoke of forced dues in the Wall Street Journal.   He cites window periods, which the Foundation has…

Steven Greenhut comments on how teacher union officials foster mediocrity and lockstep compensation for all teachers on reason.com.  Teacher union officials believe this will keep every teacher a member as union officials pretend to “fight” for a decent salary for their members and force nonmembers to pay for the privilege. If you’re looking for a stellar…

One of the “perils” the United Federation of Teachers faced this year was the landmark National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Supreme Court victory in Janus v AFSCME.  National Right to Work attorney William L. Messenger fought hard to bring all public sector employees the freedom to join or refrain from union membership or having to…

The teacher who blew the whistle on Rhondalyn Cornet, the Indianapolis Education Association president accused of embezzling over $100,000 in union dues, won’t come back to the union until it elects a new president.  Dylan Peers McCoy has the story in Chalkbeat.org. Teachers in Indiana, protected by a Right to Work law since 1993, and the National…

The president of the United Federation of Teachers accepted thousands of dollar in US Open tickets from a law firm reaping million of dollars in revenue from the teacher union.  Susan Edelman and Melissa Klein have the story in the New York Post. NYC teachers-union chief Michael Mulgrew accepted $8,250 in US Open tennis tickets from a…

The Indianapolis Education Association (IEA) president has been accused of “mishandling” 100,000.00.  Teachers in Indiana have been protected by a Right to Work law since 1993 so they are free to refrain from union membership.   Indiana teachers looking for professional membership may contact Indiana Professional Educators at indianaprofessionaleducators@gmail.com. Shaina Cavazos, Chalkbeat Indiana and Stephanie Wang, Chalbeat Indiana have…

Los Angeles School District officials want students to attend school during a possible upcoming strike.  Speakupparents.org has the story. LAUSD expects parents to send their kids to school during a strike, but parents are still uncertain exactly what will happen once they get there. Will they have to parade their young children through picket lines of shouting…