Posts by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

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…

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.…

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…

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…

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…

There is still work to do even though public sector employees have been freed from forced unionism through the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus decision.  Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Foundation, and William Messenger, who represented Mark Janus in the Supreme Court, remark on governments’ deliberate disregard for the Janus decision in…

It’s always ironic when staff unions (the union that covers people who are employed by unions) picket, strike or protest their own bosses because it is usually a sign of dissatisfaction with “management” and their “working conditions.”  Mike Antonucci reports on a particularly startling development with the California Teachers Association, and some more startling facts about “Scabby…

Another monopoly bargaining debacle in California, teacher union officials call another strike because negotiations were not going their way.  BayCityNews has the story. Teachers in the Forestville Union School District are back in school Friday after they reached an agreement Thursday night with the school district on a three-year contract. The 16 teachers went on strike Monday…

Although taxpayers pay for union monopoly bargaining, they are not allowed to see how their money is being spent although teacher union officials are not only allowed to have the proposed contract, but also to keep it under wraps until they are ready to divulge it.  Columbus Education Association officials are keeping a newly-negotiated contract…