Posts by Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

Although teacher strikes are illegal in Maine teacher union officials joined with AFL-CIO officials to “rally” for bills that would permit government employees the right to strike.   Andy O’Brien, Maine  AFL-CIO spokesman gives the excuse that teacher fight for more funding and pay.  This whole argument gets to the heart of the matter.    Teacher union…

Teacher union officials fight school choice for a number of reasons, but parents, and freedom-loving teachers, love it.  Robert Holland  tells why in heartland.org. As legislative debate builds in states such as Arizona and Tennessee over the possible expansion of education savings accounts (ESAs) to empower more families with educational choice, it would be wrong to assume…

A prime example of why union official time, and why it should be abolished,  follows.  Union official time, so called because union officials can collect the same benefits as teachers in the classroom even if they spend most of the time they are supposed to be in the classroom doing union business.   Aaron Mak has the…

Nevada’s Clark County Education Association seems to be planning its own destruction by agitating for an illegal strike.  One penalty could result in the union losing its exclusive representation status.  Victor Joecks has the story in the Las Vegas Review Journal. Last week, the union put out an online survey. It asked educators what they’d be willing to…

This is no April Fools Day trick.  Of the approximately 18 presidential candidates, only one seems to have thrown her lot in with teacher union officials, probably in hopes of getting a tremendous boost from the millions they spend on electing “union-friendly” candidates, and the advantage of a ready-to-march army of volunteers.  Democrat presidential candidate Kamala…

Mike Antonucci reports on frightening incidents of violence by a Florida NEA union steward.   Like Mike, we will concentrate on his role as a union “attack dog”.    Wendell Nibbs makes Pat Tornillo look like a puppy dog in comparison.   His actions are right up there with some of the worst violent incidents perpetrated by the United…

Michael Patrick Leahy reports teacher union officials will begin to agitate in Maine next month to make strikes legal on breitbart.com. The #RedforEd movement is now targeting the state of Maine, where teachers plan to converge on the state capital of Augusta on April 17 to support the passage of a bill that would grant…

After all of the fallout from previous California strikes, including massive layoffs in districts that have already endured a strike, Sacramento teacher union officials are contemplating a strike that even fellow public sector union officials are not supporting.  Chris Reed has the story in calwatchdog.com. Teachers in the Sacramento City Unified School District have authorized a strike, hoping to…

Teacher union officials may be happy when they lead strikes and have their demands fulfilled by school boards, but it turns out it’s not only the students who suffer when school administrators bow to union official monopoly bargaining demands.  National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Vice President Patrick Semmens comments on the situation.  Here…

Teacher union power has immense power over education reform and the attitudes of their members who allegedly shape the issues unions become involved in.  Yet study after study points out that not all teacher union members agree with the officials who determine the union’s agenda.  Lance Izumi examines teacher union power, including the politicians they help elect,…