Archive for March 2019

Mike Antonucci reports on frightening incidents of violence by a Florida NEA union steward.   Like Mike, we will concentrate on his role as a union “attack dog”.    Wendell Nibbs makes Pat Tornillo look like a puppy dog in comparison.   His actions are right up there with some of the worst violent incidents perpetrated by the United…

Michael Patrick Leahy reports teacher union officials will begin to agitate in Maine next month to make strikes legal on breitbart.com. The #RedforEd movement is now targeting the state of Maine, where teachers plan to converge on the state capital of Augusta on April 17 to support the passage of a bill that would grant…

After all of the fallout from previous California strikes, including massive layoffs in districts that have already endured a strike, Sacramento teacher union officials are contemplating a strike that even fellow public sector union officials are not supporting.  Chris Reed has the story in calwatchdog.com. Teachers in the Sacramento City Unified School District have authorized a strike, hoping to…

Teacher union officials may be happy when they lead strikes and have their demands fulfilled by school boards, but it turns out it’s not only the students who suffer when school administrators bow to union official monopoly bargaining demands.  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Vice President Patrick Semmens comments on the situation.  Here…

Teacher union power has immense power over education reform and the attitudes of their members who allegedly shape the issues unions become involved in.  Yet study after study points out that not all teacher union members agree with the officials who determine the union’s agenda.  Lance Izumi examines teacher union power, including the politicians they help elect,…

California charter school supporters, including parents, are giving union official detractors as good as they are getting.  Those who have been using their power to keep charter school growth in California stunted may be in for a surprise.  Diana Lambert  has the story in edsource.org. Thousands of charter school supporters gathered on the steps of the state…

Unions will never tire of inventing ways to keep illicit money from  captive passengers who never wished to join a labor union in order to keep their jobs.  Marcia Coyle has the story in law.com. Anti-union organizations, building on last year’s successful challenge to public-sector union fees, have returned to the U.S. Supreme Court with three…

Teacher unions are under enough pressure to maintain a good reputation since last year’s Janus decision.  Keeping a low profile so they are not blamed for Kentucky’s recent rash of “sickouts” and protests at the Capitol means they have to get creative.  Like using politicians to carry their water. Kentucky Education Commissioner Wayne Lewis has asked for…

Oregon is known as a heavily-unionized state, which prior to the National Right to Work Legal Foundation-won Janus decision, collected union dues from teachers and forced those who did not wish to belong, to pay force dues under agency shop clauses.   A bill before the legislature would preserve teacher union power and essentially render moot all of…

Teacher union officials are all about the numbers ever since the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus decision was handed down by the Supreme Court last June.  While these officials scoff at the prospect that the decision would cause a decline in membership, they cannot wish away the losses that come from locals that disaffiliate.…