Archive for 2015

Mike Antonucci scores kudos for insight when he defines education policy as a labor issue. Because Matthew Ladner deftly eviscerated President Obama after his remarks at the Catholic-Evangelical Leadership Summit on Overcoming…

The Illinois Supreme Court has blown government employee pension reform efforts out of the water, claiming it violates the state constitution.  Taxpayers will continue to be on the hook  for…

Official time allows union officials to collect teacher salaries but not to teach.  Teacher union officials are increasing their power through this scheme, which has been enshrined in monopoly bargaining…

Heritage Foundation Research Fellow James Sherk testifies before the Nevada legislature on how monopoly bargaining ignores teacher excellence and undermines representative government. Collective bargaining in government takes away the final say on public…

National Education Association (NEA) membership numbers have declined considerably since 1994.  Mike Antonucci explains how this has occurred. In 1994 the National Education Association had 2.2 million members. In the years since,…

While Illinois teacher union officials fight to keep teachers paying forced dues and enduring unwanted union membership, Governor Rauner is considering giving teachers their freedom.  Seth A. Richardson has the…

Teacher union officials in multiple Washington state districts have forced teachers to make the decision:  strike or cross the picket line.  Union president Larry Delaney makes it clear teachers want to…

Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) officials are having a fire sale on dues.  After Act 10 in Wisconsin granted teachers Right to Work privileges, to choose or refrain from union membership,…

Holly Rehder, Republican State Representative for Missouri’s 148th state district, writes about her decision to support a Right to Work law on semissourian.com. I am proud to have been a…

Or are they modeling themselves after Saul Alinsky?  While California teachers struggle to free themselves from mandatory monopoly bargaining and forced dues, the Los Angeles teacher union president looks to…