Archive for April 2017
CTU Encourages May Day Absence from School
The Chicago Teachers Union is publicizing their members to take May Day off, which could result in hundreds of teachers being absent to celebrate International Workers Day. Matt Masterson has the story…
Read MoreHigher Education Organizing in the Tank
Labor Relations Ink staff reviews higher education organizing schemes. The fight to organize graduate students at Harvard has come to a standstill. Although the results of the November election were in…
Read MoreUFT Secretly Borrows $62 million
No one seems to know why the New York City’s United Federation of Teachers borrowed so much money but Mike Antonucci speculates in Intercepts. Union members, especially those who are forced to…
Read MoreUniversity Forced to Close Classes Over Union Power
The title says it all. Students will suffer because of a “union-only” scheme called a project labor agreement. Ted Goodman has the story in the Daily Caller. The University of Massachusetts, Boston…
Read MoreDelaware Education Secretary Fought Teachers Union
In a forced-dues state like Delaware, Mark Murphy gallantly fought the “good fight” and lost to teacher union official power. Here’s his story, as told to Nick Tabor in nymag.com/thejob. I was…
Read MorePennsylvania Considers Official Time Ban
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s legislature is currently considering a bill which would ban teacher union officials from remaining on the school district’s payroll. Currently, teacher union officials enjoy a rare …
Read MoreNew Jersey Officials Between Rock and Hard Place
With all their political spending and power, New Jersey teacher union bosses are finding it difficult to change the legislature. Andrew Seidman has the story on philly.com. New Jersey’s largest teachers’ union…
Read MoreAntonucci Looks at NEA Finances
Mike Antonucci, Education Intelligence Agency, reviews National Education Association (NEA) headquarters and state affiliate financial states on the74million.org. The National Education Association has an affiliate in every state, an extra…
Read MoreVictory for New York Charter Schools
Charter schools in New York will receive increased funding, from Chalkbeat.org New York. More than a week after the state’s budget deadline, lawmakers resolved their differences on education with a per-pupil increase…
Read MoreTeacher Union Quote of the Decade!
While the landmark Supreme Court case, Rebecca Friedrichs v. CTA case never came to fruition due to the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia, there are several other cased working their way…
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