Archive for September 2019
Seattle’s Cost of Monopoly Bargaining and Strikes
Seattle Public Schools administrators are hopeful. They are hopeful that taking all but $6.6 million of the district’s cash reserves, will be enough to prevent a strike. This is the cost of Labor Peace. Not many tend to think of the cost of monopoly bargaining and labor peace when speaking about teacher union officials. It’s…
Read MorePay Gaps and Other Teacher Union Official Tales
This should be required reading for all teachers. A new shocking report debunks teacher union myths of teacher pay gaps. As Mike Antonucci points out, teacher union officials are supposedly in the business of improving the pay and benefits of teachers. So why are they continually putting out PR materials that contradict those aims? We…
Read MoreStanding Up to Goliath and Winning
We all know the story of Rebecca Friedrichs, whose case against forced dues traveled all the way to the Supreme Court, and how the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia brought the case to a close. Rebecca’s group, For Kids and Country, soldiers on, helping a teacher wrongly accused by his teacher union. Dr. Susan Berry has…
Read MoreSacramento Teachers Association Officials = Schoolyard Bullies
The Sacramento City Teachers Association union officials are once again demonstrating the massive power of monopoly bargaining as they wage a campaign against Sacramento City Unified School District personnel to increase and keep their power. Marcos Bretón has the story in the Sacramento Bee. If you are Jorge Aguilar, superintendent of the Sacramento City Unified…
Read MoreNew Indiana Bargaining Law Allows Taxpayers to Be Aware
Indiana teacher union officials are hate a new law which requires bargaining negotiations to be made public across the state. At least that attempt is being made to inform the public about a process which benefits teacher unions and their officers but is funded by taxpayers. Nonunion member teachers, who cannot vote on contracts but…
Read MoreMichigan School Employees Use Janus to Recoup Illegal Dues
Calling upon the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s landmark Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME Local 31, 13 public school employees have successfully recouped dues paid to the Michigan Education Association (MEA) in what may be considered a double victory, considering Michigan is a Right to Work state also. Bruce Walker has the story in thecentersquare.com.…
Read MoreChicago Teacher Union Strike Demands = Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
If the Chicago school administrators buckle under Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) demands, it could cost the district $452 million. Brian Butler and Paul Reveille have the story on illinoispolicy.org. CTU presented demands totaling $452 million to Lightfoot and the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education, and has rejected a neutral fact-finder’s contract recommendations, threatening to strike for the…
Read MoreNewark Students are the Losers – Again
Newark, New Jersey schools were just awful. So awful the district was going to be taken over, about 10 years ago, by the state. Once upon a time the Newark School District was given a chance, and $200 million dollars from philanthropic sources, to develop a merit pay plan that would improve the district, facing…
Read MoreLessons Learned from an Illegal Strike
Clark County Education Association teacher union officials are probably not in favor of anyone learning this lesson, but Victor Joecks paints a searing picture of illegal strikes and the very high cost of monopoly bargaining with respect to school district spending. The leaders of the Clark County School District should be elated, not worried, about the possibility of a…
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