Posts by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

As a public sector monopoly bargaining makes it way through the Virginia legislature, it is worthwhile to look at the evidence against such a law, especially as the bill would negatively affect both teachers and students’ performance.  Chairman of the Political Science Department at renowned Stanford University, William Bennett Munro Professor in Political Science, Senior…

CEAFU’s sister organization, the National right to Work Committee, is engaged in a fierce battle to crush a bill, SB 939, in the Virginia senate, which would force all Virginia public employees under union monopoly control.  Virginia teachers in the public sector could be forced to pay dues or fees to an unwanted union, be…

The National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) over 20 years ago, contemplated a merger, which came to nothing at the time.  The greatest stumbling block at the time appeared to be the attitude of many NEA members who refused to be a part of the American Federation of Labor-Congress of…

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, of which CEAFU is a Special Project, is helping a charter school teacher in her effort to decertify the union at her school.  There are all sorts of ironies in this.  First of all, the school is California, home of the powerful California Teachers Association, which vehemently…

Unions are supposed to work for their members, but it seems there is only one candidate who will do that in the upcoming United Teachers of Los Angeles’ (UTLA) elections, one of the most powerful teacher union affiliates in the country.  Instead of listening to its members, it appears the union hierarchy will continue to…

One billion dollars may not seem like a huge tax hike when you live in Las Vegas, but the Clark County Education Association is betting Nevada taxpayers will fall for the plea.  But not everyone is in love with the idea.  Michelle Rindels and Riley Snider have the story on the nevadaindependent.com. Attorneys for a PAC affiliated…

A retired, 30-year veteran Waterloo teacher and treasurer of the Waterloo Education Association has been charged with embezzling money from that NEA local affiliate.   Anthony Dehl has been charged with wire fraud.  Jeff Reinitz has the story on the Courier online. Court records allege Dehl took $54,254 from the Waterloo Education Association’s credit union accounts over about…

Lauren FitzParick and Nader Issa for the Chicago Sun-Times, Part 2 Asked about the union’s political activities, Jennifer Johnson, the CTU’s chief of staff, says the CTU’s work is “inherently political.” But she notes that members can decide whether their dues go to the union’s PACs. “We’re fighting for public education in a sphere where…

“If it were a stock, it would be well past time to sell.” Mike Antonucci charts the decline in teacher union membership despite the rise in strikes, rallies and other demonstrations of power.   Relying on the U.S. Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics, Mike Antonucci charts the decline of teacher union membership in the Union report…

Chicago Sun-Times reporters reveal Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) power and wealth exploring the union’s new LM-2.  The U.S. Department of Labor requires all unions representing one or more private sector employees to file an LM-2 form annually.   The form reports all union spending so union members and others can explore how their dues dollars are…