Archive for April 2019
The Cost of Monopoly Bargaining and Strikes
Listen up, taxpayers and citizens who are sympathetic to teachers going on strike. The agreement reached with Oakland teachers will cost you about $36 million in the next 2 years. Aly Tadayon has the story in the eastbaytimes.com. The contract agreement that ended Oakland’s seven-day teacher strike earlier this year will cost the cash-strapped district about $36…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Education Association Plan May Day Strike
North Carolina teacher union officials are planning a protest in the state capital, Raleigh, that will not only close schools but block traffic in the city and inconvenience taxpayers and other government workers as they attempt to get to their jobs and provide for their families. If #RedforEd does not have a bad reputation now,…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Teachers Prepare for May Day Demonstration
Paul Bowers with the Post and Courier reports. South Carolina teacher union officials have planned for May Day, International Workers Day, a traditional holiday marked by protests, strikes and demonstrations by radical unions worldwide. SC for Ed claims to have been inspired by NEA-sanctioned activities last year, such as the #RedforEd movement, but also insist their…
Read More“Modeling bullying behavior in front of our kids is shameful”
Michael Patrick Leahy reports on a video where Arizona teacher union official demands his union member school liaisons bully nonmembers into participating in walkouts and other demonstrations. Arizona is a Right to Work state. Teachers can resign their union membership at any time if they do not agree with what teacher union officials are doing. Nonmembers…
Read MoreRed for Ed and Protests Heat Up as Legislatures Wind Down
Teacher union officials in Indiana are agitating for strikes as their demands have gone unheard in the legislature, putting forth anecdotal evidence as reasons to strike. Devin Zimmerman has the story in kokomoperspective.com. Last week teachers partaking in the Red for Ed movement from around the state took to the Statehouse on Tuesday, calling for better…
Read MoreWisconsin Attorney General Refuses Right to Work Law
Freedom-loving teachers in Wisconsin, beware! Attorney General. M.D. Kittle has the story at the McIver Institute website. Attorney General Josh Kaul, while campaigning last year for the state’s top prosecutor position, pledged that he would defend Republican-backed laws, if elected. The Republican incumbent at the time, then-Attorney General Brad Schimel, warned that Kaul would pick and choose…
Read MoreJanus Decision Working for Public Sector Workers
Paragraph The Janus decision is working for public sector workers. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won landmark Supreme Court decision won the right to refrain from union membership and forced dues for all public sector workers, including teachers. Alex Swoyer has the story in the Washington Times with commentary by Foundation President Mark Mix and Vice President…
Read MoreMaine Teacher Union Officials Agitate for Right to Strike
Although teacher strikes are illegal in Maine teacher union officials joined with AFL-CIO officials to “rally” for bills that would permit government employees the right to strike. Andy O’Brien, Maine AFL-CIO spokesman gives the excuse that teacher fight for more funding and pay. This whole argument gets to the heart of the matter. Teacher union…
Read MoreTeachers and Parents Still Stands for School Choice
Teacher union officials fight school choice for a number of reasons, but parents, and freedom-loving teachers, love it. Robert Holland tells why in heartland.org. As legislative debate builds in states such as Arizona and Tennessee over the possible expansion of education savings accounts (ESAs) to empower more families with educational choice, it would be wrong to assume…
Read MoreIllinois Teacher Union Lobbyist Cashes in on Official Time
A prime example of why union official time, and why it should be abolished, follows. Union official time, so called because union officials can collect the same benefits as teachers in the classroom even if they spend most of the time they are supposed to be in the classroom doing union business. Aaron Mak has the…
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