Archive for November 2019
Bargaining for the Common Good – Not
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…
Read MoreBargaining for the Common Good – An Invasive Species
“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…
Read MoreOregon and Washington Teachers Exercise Their Janus Rights
Oregon is a Model 3 teacher bargaining state. That means, prior to the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation’s Janus decision, teachers and other education personnel were mostly either forced to…
Read MoreFlorida Union Officials Withdraw Monopoly Bargaining Legal Challenge
Florida Education Association (FEA) teacher and other union officials have backed off on a lawsuit challenging HB 7055. This House Bill requires teacher unions to be recertified if their dues-paying…
Read MoreAnother Illinois District Succumbs to Teacher Union Power
Citizens of Illinois District 46 have been subjected to a teacher strike which began on Thursday, November 7, 2019. Teacher union officials last led a strike in 2013 when their…
Read MoreUnion Discipline and Crossing the Picket Line
Unions have various subtle and not-so-subtle ways of “punishing” those they represent (members and nonmembers) when these workers choose not to go the union way. National Right to Work Legal…
Read MoreChicago Teachers Strike: Suffer the Children
Here are a few things teacher union officials either ignored, or did not plan for, in their strike devoted to improving students’ lives. Now that the strike is over, Chicago…
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