Archive for September 2019
Seattle’s Cost of Monopoly Bargaining and Strikes
Seattle Public Schools administrators are hopeful. They are hopeful that taking all but $6.6 million of the district’s cash reserves, will be enough to prevent a strike. This is the…
Read MorePay Gaps and Other Teacher Union Official Tales
This should be required reading for all teachers. A new shocking report debunks teacher union myths of teacher pay gaps. As Mike Antonucci points out, teacher union officials are supposedly…
Read MoreStanding Up to Goliath and Winning
We all know the story of Rebecca Friedrichs, whose case against forced dues traveled all the way to the Supreme Court, and how the untimely death of Justice Antonin Scalia…
Read MoreSacramento Teachers Association Officials = Schoolyard Bullies
The Sacramento City Teachers Association union officials are once again demonstrating the massive power of monopoly bargaining as they wage a campaign against Sacramento City Unified School District personnel to…
Read MoreNew Indiana Bargaining Law Allows Taxpayers to Be Aware
Indiana teacher union officials are hate a new law which requires bargaining negotiations to be made public across the state. At least that attempt is being made to inform the…
Read MoreMichigan School Employees Use Janus to Recoup Illegal Dues
Calling upon the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s landmark Supreme Court case, Janus v. AFSCME Local 31, 13 public school employees have successfully recouped dues paid to the Michigan…
Read MoreChicago Teacher Union Strike Demands = Hundreds of Millions of Dollars
If the Chicago school administrators buckle under Chicago Teachers Union’s (CTU) demands, it could cost the district $452 million. Brian Butler and Paul Reveille have the story on illinoispolicy.org. CTU presented…
Read MoreNewark Students are the Losers – Again
Newark, New Jersey schools were just awful. So awful the district was going to be taken over, about 10 years ago, by the state. Once upon a time the Newark…
Read MoreLessons Learned from an Illegal Strike
Clark County Education Association teacher union officials are probably not in favor of anyone learning this lesson, but Victor Joecks paints a searing picture of illegal strikes and the very high cost…
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