Archive for April 2020
Heartland Institute Develops Ingenious New Idea –Strike Vouchers
Teacher strikes are harmful to everyone. Students lose valuable learning time. Parents are forced to lose work time and money when schools close because of a strike. Even teachers who…
Read MoreNEA Plays Politics
The coronavirus pandemic has changed the way many unions will conduct their business this year, and it comes at a time when NEA teacher union officials have a lot to…
Read MoreNEA’s Virtual Conference Will Not Deter “Playing Politics “
National Education Association (NEA) President Lily Eskelsen Garcia announced the union’s annual convention will be a virtual one this year, and many of the resolutions and extraneous noneducational issues will…
Read MoreNew Hampshire AFT Local Must Run New Election
The importance of the Department of Labor’s oversight of union activity is reflected in this story about an election gone awry. An American Federation of Teachers-AFL-CIO affiliate has been cited…
Read MoreAs Pandemic Shutters Schools, It’s Business as Usual for Union Bullies
With schools across the country now shut down as a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic, many parents are gamely trying to keep the education process going outside the classroom, without unnecessary and…
Read MoreNEA Affiliates Prepare for Labor Department Oversight
Unions which represent private sector employees are covered under the Labor Management Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1959 (LMRDA). The United States Labor Department is responsible for administering the LMRDA. …
Read MoreNew Independent Teachers Association Blooms in Texas
Texas teachers now have an additional alternative to secure professional support and liability insurance in Texas. The Lone Star state does not allow monopoly bargaining so teachers are not forced…
Read MoreLA Teachers Union Uses Coronavirus as a Weapon Against Charter Schools Expansion
At a time when educators and parents are searching for ways to keep themselves and others healthy but continue to educate children, teacher union officials could be stepping up to…
Read MoreEducational Choice, Oregon Education Association Style
The Oregon Department of Education has knuckled under the Oregon Education Association’s (OEA) and other “labor allies’” demands that parents be prohibited from sending their children to any virtual charter…
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