Archive for 2020
Chicago Teachers Union Portrayed as Union Pickpockets
CEAFU is a Special Project of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. Concerned Educators Against Forced Unionism supporters know that for years teachers have been forced to join…
Read MoreGovernment Union Membership and Political Power
Is there a connection? Mike Antonucci, Education Intelligence Agency, sees a relationship between a state’s political leanings and government union membership. These figures include teachers as well as other government employees. …
Read MoreChicago Educators File Suit against CTU To Work During Strike
With free legal representation from National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation(of which CEAFU is a Special Project) staff attorneys, two Chicago Public School educators have filed a federal class-action…
Read MoreDistance Learning – A Temporary Concept or Wave of the Future?
The current pandemic has certainly given a huge boost to all types of distance learning and homeschooling. Mark Powel, school board member, teacher, vice principal, dean of students and adjunct…
Read MoreUFT Officials Tell Teachers They Do Not Have to Teach Live
Flaunting the administration’s rulings, United Federation of Teachers (New York City) union officials are telling teachers they do not have to teach live regardless of what school administrators say. Different…
Read MoreHeartland 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…
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