Posts by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism
Child of Union Parents Reflects on Teacher Union Leadership Part 2
Laura Waters continues her reflections on teacher union leadership in educationpost.org. It’s still possible for union leaders to ethically and smartly represent members. What keeps teachers union leaders from doing this? One reason is that good teachers are treated like widgets, interchangeable cogs in a machine. That’s because union leaders are adamantly opposed to differentiating pay based…
Read MoreDC Charter School Hopes to Affiliate with American Federation of Teachers
For all of teacher union officials’ railing against charter schools, it seems they aren’t such a bad deal as long as they want to become unionized by the American Federation of Teachers. Who could trust union officials who publicly come out in opposition to, and work against political supporters of, charter schools? Apparently these charter…
Read MoreChild of Union Parents Reflects on Teacher Unions
If a union is good, people will join. If a union is not good teachers should not be forced to join. A child of enthusiastic union member parents, Laura Waters, mother, education blogger and former school board president, reflects on current union agendas and why her proud union member parents would not be celebrating May Day as…
Read MoreThe Cost of Monopoly Bargaining and Strikes
Listen up, taxpayers and citizens who are sympathetic to teachers going on strike. The agreement reached with Oakland teachers will cost you about $36 million in the next 2 years. Aly Tadayon has the story in the eastbaytimes.com. The contract agreement that ended Oakland’s seven-day teacher strike earlier this year will cost the cash-strapped district about $36…
Read MoreNorth Carolina Education Association Plan May Day Strike
North Carolina teacher union officials are planning a protest in the state capital, Raleigh, that will not only close schools but block traffic in the city and inconvenience taxpayers and other government workers as they attempt to get to their jobs and provide for their families. If #RedforEd does not have a bad reputation now,…
Read MoreSouth Carolina Teachers Prepare for May Day Demonstration
Paul Bowers with the Post and Courier reports. South Carolina teacher union officials have planned for May Day, International Workers Day, a traditional holiday marked by protests, strikes and demonstrations by radical unions worldwide. SC for Ed claims to have been inspired by NEA-sanctioned activities last year, such as the #RedforEd movement, but also insist their…
Read More“Modeling bullying behavior in front of our kids is shameful”
Michael Patrick Leahy reports on a video where Arizona teacher union official demands his union member school liaisons bully nonmembers into participating in walkouts and other demonstrations. Arizona is a Right to Work state. Teachers can resign their union membership at any time if they do not agree with what teacher union officials are doing. Nonmembers…
Read MoreRed for Ed and Protests Heat Up as Legislatures Wind Down
Teacher union officials in Indiana are agitating for strikes as their demands have gone unheard in the legislature, putting forth anecdotal evidence as reasons to strike. Devin Zimmerman has the story in kokomoperspective.com. Last week teachers partaking in the Red for Ed movement from around the state took to the Statehouse on Tuesday, calling for better…
Read MoreWisconsin Attorney General Refuses Right to Work Law
Freedom-loving teachers in Wisconsin, beware! Attorney General. M.D. Kittle has the story at the McIver Institute website. Attorney General Josh Kaul, while campaigning last year for the state’s top prosecutor position, pledged that he would defend Republican-backed laws, if elected. The Republican incumbent at the time, then-Attorney General Brad Schimel, warned that Kaul would pick and choose…
Read MoreJanus Decision Working for Public Sector Workers
Paragraph The Janus decision is working for public sector workers. The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won landmark Supreme Court decision won the right to refrain from union membership and forced dues for all public sector workers, including teachers. Alex Swoyer has the story in the Washington Times with commentary by Foundation President Mark Mix and Vice President…
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