Posts by CEAFU Staff
Flint Community Schools Mass “Sick-out” Puts Future Education at Risk
Flint Community Schools were closed after more than 100 teachers and employees called in as part of a mass United Teachers of Flint union-led “sick-out” to demand higher pay.
Read MoreBoston University Graduate Workers Union Strikes Continue
Boston University Graduate Workers Union (BUGWU) initiated a strike on March 25th, 2024 and it has yet to end.
Read MoreUAW Unionized Student Employees Strike at Washington State University
A new contract has been reached for 1,800 student employees across the WSU system after a one-day strike led by WSU Coalition of Academic Student Employees-UAW.
Read MoreCTU-Led Instituto del Progreso Latino Strike Reached Day 4 on Friday
Backed by the Chicago Teacher’s Union, teachers from Instituto del Progreso Latino charter schools initiated a strike on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 (WTTW). This strike has meant that around 600…
Read MoreCalifornia Teachers Union Shutdown Education and Put 460,000 Students’ Education on Hold
In January 2024, the California Faculty Association led the “largest university faculty strike in U.S. history,” a weeklong strike across all 23 California State University (CSU) campuses.
Read MoreNewton Teacher Union Strike Still Ongoing After 11 Days
Today marks nine days since the Newton Teachers Association initiated its strike on January 19th.
Read MoreVictory: San Diego Charter School Educators Vote Out Teacher Union Bosses
“I chose to work at a school that didn’t have a union, and now they’ve come in and they’re running everything about my contract and my work.”
Read MoreIs Chicago Doomed to Become the Next Detroit?
With CTU President Stacy Davis Gates calling the shots, taxpayer costs for Chicago schools are skyrocketing even as educational outcomes get worse and worse. But the miserable status quo works for Big Labor politicians.
Read MoreOpinion: Why Public Schools are Bogged Down by a Single-Salary Schedule
Stan Greer addresses the harms of the single-salary schedule in public schools and how unions have fought to protect it.
Read MoreRight to Work Expansion Hitting Union Coffers
Without Janus, virtually all of these employees would still be bankrolling a union to keep their jobs. But the data show that, thanks to Janus, nearly 730,000 of them are not having any union dues withheld from their paychecks.
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