Bronx KIPP Charter School Educator Hits UFT Union Bosses with Federal Charges Detailing Illegal Threats, Dues Demands
Uriel Barrera, an educator at KIPP Academy Middle School in the Bronx, has hit United Federation of Teachers Local 2 (UFT, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, AFT) union officials with federal charges for illegally threatening teachers with the loss of existing benefits if they choose not to join the union, and for demanding dues payments from teachers with no legal authority to do so. Barrera filed unfair labor practice charges at National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 2 in New York with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. […]
“UFT union officials are misleading my fellow teachers about our legal rights and causing confusion in the workplace,” Barrera commented. “This type of disrespectful behavior is exactly why a majority of my coworkers want this union gone, and why we should be able to hold the decertification election right away.” […]
“AFT officials, with the radical Randi Weingarten as their leader, are no strangers to putting union boss control and influence ahead of the wellbeing of both students and teachers,” observed National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “Mr. Barrera and his coworkers at KIPP Middle School in New York are only the latest victims of AFT officials’ coercive schemes.
All contents from this article were originally published on the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Website.
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