Archive for 2013

Yoav Gonen’s story in the New York Post points out a curious privelege which seems outrageous even for a teacher-union negotiated contract:  an extended unpaid maternity leave of 11 years.  None…

The MacIver Institute has the story: Workers rejected over 70 of 408 school district unions during annual recertification elections that ended on Thursday, according to a preliminary analysis of the results.…

From the MacIver Institute, the latest figures on union recertification elections: The MacIver Institute calculated the total number of members that voted “No” and those that simply did not vote. Since…

In a move that will surprise no one, the Wisconsin Education Association (WEAC) has requested to merge with the Wisconsin Federation of Teachers.  Act 10 requires teacher unions to be…

CEAFU Key Leader Larry Sand, President of California Teacher Empowerment Network (CTEN), has gathered opinions from top experts on teacher union officials, and written a an eye-opening article on teacher union reform…

NEA President Dennis Van Roekel was referring to a former US Solicitor General’s campaign to prosecute an admitted child abuser, who was paid $40,000 to resign. Dismissing this and other…

While other teacher union officials across the country held demonstrations and protests across the country on Monday, United Teachers of Los Angeles teacher union officials held 4 vigils for teachers…

There is no doubt teacher union officials are in the business of representing teachers and not schoolchildren.  How else will they ever force all teachers to pay for unwanted representation? …

Washington Teacher union officials hardly sound “professional” in this recounting of the National Day of Action protest in Washington, DC.  The event, well advertised on radio and other media outlets, turned…

While teacher union officials spend millions on demonstrations and protests in the form of National Days of Action, the public is showing less and less enthusiasm for teacher union officials’…