Teacher Rights

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…

Teachers and other public employees who are union members, may well be lured into buying high-cost investments just because teacher union officials get a kickback for endorsing the products as well as giving the companies complete access to a huge number of workers without advertising.  Anne Turgesen and Gretchen Morgenson have the story in the Wall Street…

As you may know, all unions which represent private sector workers must file a disclosure report with the U. S. Department of Labor, pursuant to the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).   Many teacher unions are not subject to the NLRA because the represent only public sector workers.  However, if a union represents as many as…

Despite all of the talk about a “Medicaid for all” plan from Democrat presidential candidates, and the fact that none of the candidates have been questioned about their labor stances even though all claim to be union supporters, the Clark County Education Association, had endorse Bernie Sanders for president.  Mairead Mcardle has the story in the National…

The Virginia Education Association is hosting a “rally” on Monday, January 27, which will close schools as approximately one third of the Richmond school district teaching staff will be absent to attend the rally.  Catch the story on the timesunion.com. Richmond’s schools superintendent says so many teachers are planning to attend a rally at the…

In an effort to get their employer to bow to their demands, graduate student teachers are holding their students hostage by refusing to issue grades at the University of California Santa Cruz.   Jacob Pierce has the story on goodtimes.sc.   Obviously times are not so good for those students who are not receiving their reward for their…