Archive for October 2015
Will Hillary Fill the Bill?
Both the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and National Education Association (NEA) teacher union officials have endorsed Hillary Clinton for President in 2016. Their relationship with the Obama Administration has…
Read MoreKentucky School Employees File Lawsuit
The Commonwealth of Kentucky is neither a Right to Work nor forced dues state, so courageous school employees are fighting teacher union officials to return their forced dues dollars. Will Collins has…
Read MoreCalifornia Forced Dues Case Hits Skids
Bain v. CTA has been thrown out by a California judge. The suit sought to allow teachers to belong to a local union, but not be forced to pay dues for…
Read MoreNo More Forced Unionism?
Teacher union expert Mike Antonucci speculates on what life will be like for teacher unions if Friedrichs v. CTA voids forced dues for teachers, and ends forced unionism, in EducationNext. The case is built upon…
Read MoreScranton Strike Effects
Chris Kelly comments on the behavior of teacher union officials in the Scranton strike in the Times Tribune. No matter who wins, there will be red ink. The school district policy…
Read MoreTeacher Union Hypocrites
Evan Grossman and Larry Sand weigh in on American Federation of Teachers’ (AFT) president Randi Weingarten and her never-ending whining about the Koch brothers’ political spending. Weingarten carefully ignores the fact that she…
Read MoreStrike Turns Table on Teacher Union Officials
Teacher union officials who called a strike in Prospect Heights, Illinois, are launching a counter-protest to the Prospect Heights Education Association teacher union strike. Karen Anne Cullotta has the story in The…
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