Archive for 2018
“I grew up in Italy. There, we call this ‘extortion.’”
While New Jersey teacher union officials and legislators thought they had the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation-won Janus case down for the count, the Foundation has countered with a lawsuit…
Read MoreWhose Decision is it Anyway?
Once again, Mike Antonucci reveals National Education Association officials are divesting themselves of another subsidiary in Intercepts. Mike questions whether members had any say as this subsidiary bites the dust. The National…
Read MoreNEA Loses Dues Money to Corruption
Of course, before Janus, union officials could always count on a stash of forced dues to make up the deficit left by corrupt individuals’ embezzlement or theft. Mike Antonucci has the story…
Read MoreUTLA’s Strike Excuses Don’t Hold Water
Alex Caputo-Pearl, head of the United Teachers of Los Angeles, has made smaller class size one of the demands the union will strike for. Larry Sand shows how class size…
Read MoreUTLA’s Strike Excuses Don’t Hold Water
Alex Caputo-Pearl, head of the United Teachers of Los Angeles, has made smaller class size one of the demands the union will strike for. Larry Sand shows how class size…
Read MoreMichigan Senate Votes to Release Union “Official” Time Perk
Teacher union and other public sector union officials have long enjoyed a special perk called “release time,” “official time,” or “union business time.” Whatever the name, the definition is governments…
Read MoreUnion Organizer Elected to Rhode Island School Board
Well, there isn’t much more National Education Association (NEA) teacher union officials can do to take over the South Kingstown, Rhode Island, School Committee. What’ll will be next? All union…
Read MoreLos Angeles Teacher Strike Plans Move Ahead
Mike Antonucci outlines the strategy for the Los Angeles teacher strike, now scheduled for January, presumably for maximum effect. Most students should be back in school after the holidays are over. …
Read MoreDo unions speak for their members?
Do unions speak for their members? Apparently Steve Light does not think so as he excoriates United Federation of Teachers (UFT) prez Michael Mulgrew and teacher unions in general, for not standing…
Read MoreWill Kokomo Say “Union No?”
The Kokomo, Indiana school system’s teacher union membership has fallen below that which it needs to continue to be the exclusive representative for that district. Teacher union officials, of course,…
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