Archive for 2017

Florida’s cherished Right to Work Law allows teachers to join or refrain from joining a union in order to obtain or keep a job. However, teacher union officials still retain…

Charter schools, once unionized, lose the flexibility that allows them to be more effective.  Liana Loewus has the story in Ed Week. Among the most recent charters to organize is Chavez Prep…

Two bills in the Pennsylvania legislature could curb two of the more egregious government union abuses currently being perpetrated across the nation. Jessica Barnett, policy analyst with the Commonwealth Foundation of…

New York City agency fee payor teachers, take note. Your dues dollars must have been used to train unknown persons to knock on doors to talk about the Janus case before the…

Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos assures teacher union officials she will not be leaving the Department of Education. Jason Gonzales has the story in USA Today. During a speech in Nashville on…

While CEAFU supporters have always known teacher union officials “frame” issues in a certain way to maintain their power, it’s always time to set the record straight. Again and again.…

The Janus case has begun. Yesterday, attorneys for Illinois public servant Mark Janus filed the first merits brief in the Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME. The brief asks the High Court to recognize that…

Teamsters Local 174 has gone on strike, stranding thousands of students and inconveniencing their parents. Check out the story on KOMONews.com. Thousands of parents are figuring out how to get their…

Florida Education Association teacher union officials are attempting to sue the state over bonuses based on teacher performance. News Service of Florida has the story in the Sun Sentinel online. U.S. District…