EDUCATION belongs in TEACHERS' Hands Not Union Bosses'

Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism

Protecting the Rights of American Educators

Who Said ...

"So, you tell me how I can possibly separate NEA’s collective bargaining efforts from politics—you just can’t. It’s all politics."

Bob Chanin, Then-NEA General Counsel

 “Unions Pull Out Stops for Elections,” Jeff Archer, Education Week, 11/2/2000

Who Said ...

“We (The NEA) want a legislative program led by leaders and staff with sufficient clout that they may roam the halls of Congress and collect votes to reorder the priorities of the United States of America."

Terry Herndon, Then-Executive NEA Director

 National Education Association Union (NEA) -- at the 1978 NEA Convention

Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU.org) News

Question: What if I want to work during a strike?

Answer: If strikes by public school employees are legal, then you should not be a union member to work during a strike to avoid union penalties.

Helping Educators Regain Control  Let's Return the Focus to Education

CEAFU.org programs shifted public discourse from supporting the 60's Big Labor Education Model to a growing acknowledgement that the primary impediments to education reform are Union Official's with Monopoly Bargaining a.k.a. so-called "Collective Bargaining " powers.

Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU) is a special project of the National Right to Work Legal Defense and Education Foundation, Inc.  The National Right To Work Foundation argued and won the Janus v. AFSCME case that essential gave all public school teachers the Right To Work, that is the choice not to have to pay union fees and dues as a condition of employment.

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AFT's Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) Shuts Down Chicago Schools and Student Achievement Scores Collapse

Corruption Within AFT: Local 3975 President Charles Farris Sentenced for Theft

After pleading guilty to three counts of theft, AFT Local 3975 President Charles Farris has been sentenced to four years of probation.

The Silent Crisis: How Teacher Unions Took Over—and Left Students Behind

Study after study shows turning our education system into a jobs program undermined American children’s futures. By Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism, March 25, 2025 Picture this: a classroom buzzing…

Is This Any Way to Run a City’s Schools?

Last year, CTU President Stacy Davis Gates and her federal and state union partners openly spent $5.6 million, much of it dues money extracted from rank-and-file educators, to install a CTU lobbyist as Chicago mayor

Bringing Freedom from Compulsory Unionism to United States Educators since 1968

We believe it is essential that educators receive reliable and objective information about the NEA and AFT political and classroom controls over education in America today, as well as, what you as a current or future teacher can do about it.

The Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism (CEAFU.org)

Reach out to our team for questions and concerns about teacher union monopolies in your school or college, access for your non-union educators' group, or other related issues. We would be happy to provide further information regarding the hazards of compulsory unionism in education and your rights.