Teacher Rights

While UTLA teacher union officials can rub their hands in satisfaction over their victories bought and paid for by the recent strike, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus decision keeps teachers from supporting the union against their will. With free legal aid from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys, a Los Angeles public…

Attempting to call attention to the deconstruction of most of their monopoly bargaining power, Indiana teacher union officials are calling for a show on Saturday at the state Capitol building.  Although Indiana has had Right to Work for teachers since 1993, last year’s National Right to Work Legal Foundation-won Janus case and the reining in of union…

Whether nonunion teachers join in the strike or not, it is a teacher union official who calls a strike. Bradley D. Marianno and Katharine O. Strunk discuss strikes as a way for teacher union officials after the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation –won Janus decision in June, 2018. Ever since the Supreme Court ruled in Janus v.…

Indianola Education Association teachers union fights bargaining reality Teresa Kay Albertson has the story in the Des Moines Register. In Iowa, a 2017 law governing union contract negotiations removed requirements that public employers negotiate with unions over such subjects as health insurance, evaluation procedures, staff reduction and leaves of absence for political purposes, similar to Act…

Mike Antonucci analyzes the current teacher strike situation in the74million.org But why are we having so many strikes now? In the aftermath of the Great Recession, teachers were being laid off across the country. In many places, class sizes grew and salaries were frozen. By any objective measure, the situation was worse than it is now.…

Union-favored forces in Tennessee are hinting at an illegal teacher strike in the Volunteer state.  If there is a strike, it will be certain Professional Educators of Tennessee members will not be on the picket lines.  Check out the story in The Tennessee Star. Now, a new activist group seeking to encourage teachers to engage in a work…

There will be no competition in West Virginia as far as West Virginia teacher union officials are concerned.  They’ve got the legislature sewn up tight after 2 statewide strikes.  Larry Sand puts all the facts together on the latest  West Virginia strikes and comes up with a bleak future for  West Virginia students. West  Virginia…

Many teachers call in and ask how they can only belong to their local union, which they believe is a worthwhile membership, but do not wish to belong to the state or national affiliates.   Teacher unions instituted a policy in the 70’s called Unified Dues, which decreed that each member would join and belong to…

Kokomo, Indiana schools is a perfect example of how monopoly bargaining is compulsory unionism. http://kokomoperspective.com/kp/news/kokomo-school-corporation-chips-away-at-teacher-union/article_1df165b8-2ecd-11e9-8afc-8f8eff6c8390.html Devin Zimmerman has the story. The Kokomo Teachers Association is the exclusive representative for the district.  They asked for, and received this honor.  Yet only 42.6 percent of the district’s teachers are members of the Kokomo Teachers Association.  Less than half. …