Archive for May 2020

This comment was made by United States Attorney Josh I. Minkler, who announced Rhondalyn Cornett was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison. Cornett began her career as an Indianapolis Public Schools teacher in 1994, and continued until she became president of the Indiana Educators Association, a division of the Indiana State Teachers Association (ISTA).…

Clark County Education Association union officials are pressing once again for more taxpayer money when budgets are tighter than ever and the whole district is experiencing a serious economic downturn.  Union officials are making their voices heard loud and clear despite the fact that they were set to strike last September until contract negotiations went…

One would expect teacher union power to be less virulent in states without a monopoly bargaining law, but as West Virginia teacher union officials demonstrate, there is still a world of power to be wielded in politics.  Of course this power pays off as union-funded politicians win office and find themselves in a position to…

CEAFU is a Special Project of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation.  Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism supporters know that for years teachers have been forced to join or support teachers unions whether they wish to or not.  Despite the June, 2018 landmark, Foundation-won Janus v. AFSCME case, teacher union officials continue to take dues…

Is there a connection? Mike Antonucci, Education Intelligence Agency, sees a relationship between a state’s political leanings and government union membership.  These figures include teachers as well as other government employees.    Researchers Barry Hirsch of Georgia State University and David Macpherson of Trinity University . . . examine the [Bureau of Labor Statistics] BLS source statistics…

With free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation(of which CEAFU is a Special Project) staff attorneys, two Chicago Public School educators have filed a federal class-action civil rights lawsuit against the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) and the Chicago Board of Education. The suit challenges a union policy that blocks teachers from…

The current pandemic has certainly given a huge boost to all types of distance learning and homeschooling. Mark Powel, school board member, teacher, vice principal, dean of students and adjunct professor, discusses the positive effect of distance learning in terms of diminishing teacher union power and says distance learning is here to stay for many…

Flaunting the administration’s rulings, United Federation of Teachers  (New York City) union officials are telling teachers they do not have to teach live regardless of what school administrators say. Different school districts across the country have tried different techniques for distance learning.  The Zoom platform was plagued with security problems, and was dropped.   Some teachers…