Archive for October 2019
Channeling Saul Alinski – Civil Disobedience Tactics
Chicago Teacher Union officials are doing their best to ruin students’ lives and disrupts those who pay their salaries with civil disobedience training, shutting down classes, causing disruption of student athletics, creating traffic jams and other sorts of “uncivil” actions. Straight out of Saul Alinsky’s bag of tactics. Check out the story on the Blaze. Chicago…
Read MoreMore Teachers Cross Chicago Teachers Union Picket Line
According to Cole Lauterbach in the 400 teachers have crossed the Chicago Teachers Union picket line in protest of their union’s demand they strike. While we reported on Joseph Ocol, a member of For Kids and Country, an organization of dedicated teachers and supporters who really are in it for students, many more teachers are…
Read MoreChicago Teacher Unions’ Latest Power Grab
Rebecca Friedrichs, plaintiff in the celebrated Friedrichs v. CTA case, hits the nail on the head with her commentary on the Chicago teacher union strike on Fox news.com Teachers want to teach. Teachers’ unions — by contrast — want power. That’s why unions hijacked the teaching profession. That’s why unions order their teachers out of the classrooms and onto…
Read MoreChicago Teachers Union Hijinks Cause Traffic Snarls, Impede Commuters
Chicago Teacher Union officials are not satisfied just closing down schools for as long as they please. Now parents and taxpayers will have to fight traffic and be late to their own work because the striking union officials planned a march yesterday. Chances are they will not be paying for the extra police and traffic…
Read MoreJoseph Ocol Bravely Crosses Chicago Teacher Union Picket Line
Rebecca Friedrichs tells the story of Joseph Ocol, one brave Chicago teacher, on forkidsandcountry.org. Joseph Ocol is a dedicated Chicago teacher who always puts his students first. So how is it that he came to be expelled from his union? Simple. Ocol committed the unpardonable sin – he put the kids ahead of the union. Now…
Read MoreSpecial Legal Notice to Teachers Represented by the Chicago Teachers Union
Major news sources report that the Chicago Teachers Union will go on strike if Chicago Public Schools does not agree to its demands in monopoly bargaining agreement negotiations. If it occurs, the planned strike will start on Thursday, October 17, 2019. CTU union bosses announced on October 2 that CTU’s walkout will coincide with strikes…
Read MoreLegal Notice for Chicago Teachers – You can Refuse to Strike
National Right to Work Foundation Issues Special Legal Notice for Chicago Teachers Facing Strike: You Have Right to Refuse to Abandon Your Students Recent cases brought by Foundation staff attorneys demonstrate union officials frequently mislead workers about their rights during a union-ordered strike Chicago, IL (October 16, 2019) – Staff attorneys at the National Right to…
Read MoreTactics That Drag on too Long are a Drag
For weeks now, Jesse Sharkey, president of the Chicago Teachers Union is deliberately stalling on contract negotiations, calling for a strike to begin on October 17. This tactic shows just how selfish and uncaring teacher union officials can be. No doubt he is resorting to Alinsky’s Rules for Radicals # 9: The Threat is usually…
Read MoreUnion Membership in Janus’ Own State
Good news comes out of the state of Illinois, the home state of Mark Janus, lead plaintiff in the landmark National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation case, which freed all public sector workers from having to pay dues to an unwanted union. Mailee Smith has the story on illinoispolicy.org. Thousands of teachers and other public education…
Read MoreSitting on Both Sides of the Table in Washington
What better way to control the outcome of monopoly bargaining negotiations when you have teacher union officials and members on both sides of the negotiating tables? Is it any wonder they are now scheming to “own” the school boards in Washington state? Mark Stoker Vancouver School District president, has the story in clarkcountytoday.com. Perhaps concerned Washington…
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