Posts by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

Lowman Henry, Chairman & CEO of the Lincoln Institute, drubs  Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf for his loyalty to teacher union money and power in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is the epitome of a dysfunctional, failed urban school district. Its residents are saddled with high property taxes, while graduation rates languish at or near the bottom of Pennsylvania’s…

Lowman Henry, Chairman & CEO of the Lincoln Institute, drubs  Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf for his loyalty to teacher union money and power in Pennsylvania. Harrisburg is the epitome of a dysfunctional, failed urban school district. Its residents are saddled with high property taxes, while graduation rates languish at or near the bottom of Pennsylvania’s…

In what could be the next groundbreaking development in the road to teacher freedom, attorneys for the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation (of which CEAFU is a Special Project) have brought a case in Massachusetts against two Massachusetts unions on behalf of union members whose constitutional rights are being violated by forcing them…

Mike Antonucci has deal on more Representative Assembly developments, including: A development on yesterday’s blog, about “education allies” members.  They will have to pay a membership fee of $25 to allow them to make PAC donations. Additionally, the delegates approved measures that allow the national union to establish trusteeships over local affiliates, and set hurdles to…

That about sums up the National Education Association’s (NEA) Representative Assembly vote.   Non-teacher, so-called “public education allies” will be able to join the NEA but the benefit of membership seems all on the side of the NEA.   As a matter of fact, it seems this new membership category gives “public education allies” the same privileges…

Kudos to Maine Governor Janet Mills for holding teacher union power at bay by vetoing two heavy power grabs.   Adam Crepeau  has the story on themainewire.com. In her veto message for LD 1177, Governor Mills picked apart the bill, which would have required binding arbitration for the salaries, pensions and insurance of public-sector employees. Governor Mills made the…

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORS NETWORK OF FLORIDA The day before yesterday, we reported on a new poll from TeacherFreedom.org that revealed teachers fear resigning their union membership because they feared losing certain rights and privileges, including seniority, bargaining benefits and liability insurance. Teachers don’t have to worry about fulfilling their professional needs when nonunion, independent professional educator…

Larry Sand compares teacher unions in Finland to those in the United States and finds teacher union officials here wanting in professionalism. One could always depend on old “Uncle Bob” to tell the truth about what teacher union officials were doing with your dues, even if it was morally offensive. West Virginia has some of the…

Educators by calling…  Professionals by choice! If you are a  Virginia teacher looking for an association to meet your professional needs, consider Virginia Professional Educators. Virginia Professional Educators (VPE) is a nonprofit professional association of educators offering many of the same benefits that teacher unions provide — but at a fraction of the cost. Also, VPE…