Archive for October 2021

Ominous Signs That NEA, AFT Dons Aren’t Done Exploiting COVID-19 After they successfully shook down federal taxpayers for an extraordinary $200 billion payout to overwhelmingly unionized government schools early this year, teacher union bosses might have been expected to decide they had gotten everything they could out of the COVID-19 crisis. But as the new…

Two lawsuits ask Court to eliminate ‘escape period’ schemes that restrict when workers can cut off union dues as violative of Court’s Janus precedent Washington, DC (October 14, 2021) – Two class action lawsuits challenging “escape period” schemes imposed by union officials on public sector employees are fully briefed at the U.S. Supreme Court. The lawsuits were brought…

Parents are finding out, like so many independent-minded teachers know, opposing Teacher Union Bosses brings Big Government pushback and political payback. Monopoly bargaining gives union officials special entrees into the halls of government and super constituent influence upon elected and other government officials. From the California Policy Institute: If there’s a silver lining to be found…

National Review Headline: McAuliffe Argues Parents Shouldn’t Have Control over Public School Curriculum. “Yeah, I stopped the bill that I don’t think parents should be telling schools what they should teach,” Terry McAuliffe reportedly said in a recent debate. McAuliffe’s teacher union boss friends will definitely be telling the McAuliffe Administration what the Virginia schools should…