Archive for May 2019

Less than a year after the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s landmark Janus v. AFSCME case freed public sector employees from having to support a labor union against their will,…

The situation in Clark County, Nevada is complicated. To begin with, strikes are illegal and carry heavy fines, as they should be. The Clark County Education Association (CCEA) disaffiliated last…

Here’s another example of forced unionism the National Education Association has devised.  In the past several local affiliates have successfully disaffiliated, but now the powers that be will attempt to…

Reporter and writer Lloyd Brown, explores the value of education, teacher unions and education spending on floridapolitics.com. This year the Florida Legislature increased funding for public schools by $248 per pupil,…

The Sacramento City Teachers Association is gearing up for a one-day strike in retaliation for the district’s attempt to stay solvent by laying off staff. Doug Johnson has the story on Fox40.com.…

Another Janus  Victory and another blow to forced unionism. National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation staff attorneys have secured a victory for a University of Connecticut School of Business professor who filed…

Randi Weingarten must be spending too much time on an elementary school playground, considering her latest comments.  And Randi Weingarten wants to control education reform. . . Randi Weingarten works…

With the United Teachers of Los Angeles on their backs, California legislators are considering a moratorium on the establishment of new charter schools three NAACP (National Association for the Advancement…

Parent Wanda Colon makes a plea for more charter schools in New York City.  There is currently a cap on charter schools put in place by Governor  Andrew Cuomo, backed by teacher…

Richard Whitmire gives an insightful look into teacher union power and its influence on the press in the74million.org.   He describes how the pendulum has swung in and out of favor of…