Archive for June 2019

Mike Antonucci explains NEA’s New Math and its supporters in Congress. Clever use of the half-truth is a hallmark of teacher union communications, and this one fooled three U.S. Senators and the Senate Democratic Policy & Communications Committee. On the anniversary of the Janus ruling, the committee released a report “showing how workers are mobilizing and fighting back against dark money campaigns…

Since 1965 there has been a law on the books prohibiting monopoly bargaining for public employees in Nevada.  Governor Sisolak recently signed legislation granting government employees the right negotiate wages, pensions and work rules for approximately 20,000 employees.   Check out the story on the Wall Street Journal by the Editorial Board. In effect the unions will…

Teachers just do not know or understand their workplace rights.  Please, pass this along to every teacher you know! If you are curious about why more teachers have left their union after the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus decision last summer, it’s because they are afraid to lose benefits, and because they just plain…

Joe Burns insists strikes will succeed where other tactics have failed for union officials.  His book is reviewed on jacobinmag.com by Eric Blanc.   So it seems union officials will muster their forces to force their members to strike.  The recent rash of teacher strikes has yielded mixed result for unions, however. Will the public be fooled…

A veteran teacher and union member has been fired for alleged violence against students over at least the past 6 years.   Terrell Forney and Andrea Torres have the story on local10.com news. Throughout her two-decade career with Broward County Public Schools, Ava Williams was accused of twisting a student’s ear, hitting students’ in the back of their…

While rabble-rousing teacher union officials have returned to doing their job (teaching) parents are still stung by the effects of the strike.    They are taking their frustrations out on the school board. Additionally, newly-elected school board member Jackie Goldberg, supported by teacher union officials, welcomes feedback from labor unions.   This is another fine example of…

Veteran education expert Robert Holland proposes a long overdue idea – strike vouchers for parents, on heartland.org. It is about time someone in authority spoke up for parents and children who are the victim of teachers showcasing their demands by shirking their duties. Just before May Day, South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and state schools chief Molly…

Mike Antonucci reveals how NEA teacher union officials promote NEA values and why the media believe teacher unions speak for all teachers in his latest Union Report, including the actual NEA report on the74million.org. Teachers who wish to disconnect from NEA membership may visit myjanusrights.org for more information on how to resign membership. Each year, members of the National…

Here is another proof teacher union officials are not “all for the kids”.    Joseph Geha has the story on mercurynews.com. For the first time in three weeks, New Haven Unified School District teachers returned to classes in Union City and South Hayward after a 14-day strike finally ended over the weekend when a deal was…