Archive for June 2018
NEA Staff Union Renews Strike Talk
Inter-union battles are no recent development. For years staff unions (employees who work for unions themselves) have done exactly what union officials urge their members to do – protest and…
Read MoreUnion Official Agrees With Mark Janus
Michael Thulen agrees with Mark Janus. Thulen is president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME) Local 3790 in New Jersey. One, be accountable. Last week, the New…
Read MoreTeachers Should Know Better – NEA Presidential Endorsements
Teachers should be familiar with how the National Education Association (NEA) uses dues money to endorse presidential candidates and supports them monetarily. Especially those who are forced to support the NEA. Mike…
Read MoreTeachers Should Know Better- Just What is Right to Work?
IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, as my aerospace engineer sister would say! A Right To Work law simply states an employee cannot be forced to join or support a labor union…
Read MoreCalifornia Teachers Association Prepares for Loss of Forced Dues
The California Teachers Association is preparing to lose 23,000 members, as well as 28,000 nonmembers paying forced dues in the wake of the Janus v. AFSCME decision. It appears CTA is planning…
Read MoreCould “Remember in November” Backfire?
Weingarten and others seem fond of characterizing the recent wave of teacher strikes as a political re-awakenings. Yet preliminary findings from a pending survey suggest that teachers unions and their allies may…
Read MoreNew Jersey Teacher Union Officials Questioned
New Jersey state lawmakers questioned teacher union officials about allegations they protect their dues-paying members at all costs. Avi Wolfman-Arent has the story on whyy.org. New Jersey lawmakers grilled teachers union officials…
Read MoreIt’s All About Opting Out
There has been a rather serious intra-union battle going on in Nevada between the Clark County Education Association (NEA affiliate) and its parent union, the Nevada Education Association. Nevada is…
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