Teacher Rights

This time a strike did not have the intended outcome, which was to block the passage of a bill allowing charter schools in West Virginia.  So West Virginia Education Association teacher union officials are preparing to sue the state over a bill that allows three charter schools to be established every year in West Virginia…

This should come as no surprise to conservative NEA members. Larry Sand questions why conservative teachers continue to pay membership dues.   If you are thinking of relinquishing your union membership, please visit myjanusrights.org for information on how to properly resign from your public employee union. When a bunch of teachers gather for a yearly convention, you might think…

It’s almost become an everyday occurrence in states that allow teacher union officials to control working conditions.  Although the Janus decision has freed teachers from having to pay forced dues, they are still subject to the compulsory unionism of exclusive representation and monopoly bargaining, as are taxpayers.  Teacher union officials have bargained and bought Illinois lawmakers to…

It is no surprise to anyone that the vast panoply of Democrat presidential candidates are not supporting choice.  As one pundit stated, “the teacher unions are the heart and soul of the Democratic Party.”  Democrat presidential candidates, including Kamala Harris, are falling all over themselves to toe the teacher union line on educational choice, or…

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…