Archive for 2018
Forced Dues for Politics Continues
Larry Sand discusses how teacher union officials continue to pour millions of forced-dues dollars into politics and get away with it in The City Journal. While many teachers may wish to…
Read MoreWashington State School Boards Knuckle Under to Teacher Union Demands
Bruce Elliott outlines how Washington School Board members are knuckling under pressure from teacher union officials in carrying out the state Supreme Court’s McCleary decision in goskagit.com. School boards in Skagit…
Read MoreMaryland Teacher Union Officials Sue over Apples
The Maryland State Education Association is suing Governor Larry Hogan over the use of an apple logo. Mike Antonucci puts a humorous spin on the story. The Maryland State Education Association is…
Read MoreExclusive Representation Represents No One But Union Officials
It may be difficult to believe, but not even all union members get represented under exclusive representation contracts. The only members truly represented are teacher union officials themselves. Larry Sand has the…
Read MoreTeacher Unions Do Not Equal Quality Education
Despite the recent furor over #RedforEd, teacher union officials and members running for office, and teacher union boasts about how their membership has rallied since the Janus decision, apparently the…
Read MoreWashington Teacher Union Officials Violate Bargained Contract
Teacher union officials led an informal strike at Seattle’s Garfield High School on September 28 of this year. If they will not abide by a contract they negotiated, what good…
Read MoreTeacher Unions’ Wish List for Mid-Term Elections
Mike Antonucci gives background on teacher union efforts to influence 2018 mid-term elections in the74million.org. Win or lose, at least public school employees will not have to join or support a…
Read MoreIllinois State Rep Cheers Teachers’ Janus Activism
Glenn Minnis has the story on Metro East Sun. Dwight Kay can only see good things coming from Chicago Public School (CPS) system employees exerting the freedoms he argues have been denied…
Read MoreTeacher Union Members Run for Office
Education week reports on the surge in union political activity, including members running for office. Keep in mind: We collected the information from a variety of sources, including teacher organizations, news…
Read MoreTeacher Union officials Fall Back on Politics Power Play
Without millions of teacher being forced to pay dues now, teacher union officials have nevertheless vowed to keep their political action power going. Let’s see how far it goes without…
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