Archive for 2019

Under the 2018 National Right to Work Legal Foundation-won Janus v. AFSCME Local 31 landmark Supreme Court ruling, public employees won the right to discontinue having to pay dues to a labor…

Mike Antonucci reveals all sorts of discrepancies in what the California Teachers Association (CTA) says in its Handbook and its public actions in the laschoolreport.com. With 310,000 members, more than 400 employees…

Presidential hopeful Elizabeth Warren tells NEA teacher union officials just what they want to hear.   Rick Moran has the story on pjmedia.com. So it’s not surprising that Democratic candidates shamelessly pander for…

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos commented on teacher union officials’ role in education recently at a an appearance at Pepperdine’s School of Public Policy.  James Moore has the story on the Pepperdine University…

Larry Sand picks up again on why Democrats should proceed with caution as they court teacher union official endorsements. At the end of the day, Democrats are risking a lot by…

Democrat presidential candidates (at least those left in the field) are still angling for the endorsement of the two most massive unions in the country, the National Education Association and…

Officials of the Willapa Valley Education Association (WVEA) a Washington Education Association affiliate, called a strike.   Dan Hammond has the story on thedailyworld.com. Willapa Valley Education Association spokesman Dale Folkerts commented…

Larry  Sand delves further into the “bargaining for the common good” issue. In June, 2016, unions across the country were expanding their focus to the broader conie mmunity, an effort…

“Social justice unionism,” or “bargaining for the common good,” is the jimson weed of education, an invasive species that just keeps growing and growing.  In the past few years teacher union…