Archive for 2019
Oregon 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…
Read MoreChanneling Saul Alinski – Civil Disobedience Tactics
Chicago Teacher Union officials are doing their best to ruin students’ lives and disrupts those who pay their salaries with civil disobedience training, shutting down classes, causing disruption of student…
Read MoreMore Teachers Cross Chicago Teachers Union Picket Line
According to Cole Lauterbach in the 400 teachers have crossed the Chicago Teachers Union picket line in protest of their union’s demand they strike. While we reported on Joseph Ocol,…
Read MoreChicago Teacher Unions’ Latest Power Grab
Rebecca Friedrichs, plaintiff in the celebrated Friedrichs v. CTA case, hits the nail on the head with her commentary on the Chicago teacher union strike on Fox news.com Teachers want…
Read MoreChicago Teachers Union Hijinks Cause Traffic Snarls, Impede Commuters
Chicago Teacher Union officials are not satisfied just closing down schools for as long as they please. Now parents and taxpayers will have to fight traffic and be late to…
Read MoreJoseph Ocol Bravely Crosses Chicago Teacher Union Picket Line
Rebecca Friedrichs tells the story of Joseph Ocol, one brave Chicago teacher, on forkidsandcountry.org. Joseph Ocol is a dedicated Chicago teacher who always puts his students first. So how is it…
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