Strikes, Union Activity

On a question asked by Peggy Noonan, Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal said Obama’s favoring NEA & AFT Teacher Union Bosses over poor children in Louisiana; it’s the “only reason” Jindal…

Public employee or private employee, every employee should be free to refrain from unwanted union membership. CEAFU is a Special Project of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation…

The Detroit News Editorial Staff has made a newsworthy, little-known fact, public knowledge.  Despite a Right To Work law, teachers must still get around a “window period,” an attempt to make an…

Charter schools often allow innovation not found in public schools that are bound by monopoly bargaining contracts and teacher union power.   Nina Reese, National Alliance for Public Charter Schools and Joe Williams of  Democrats…

While Indiana teachers have had Right to Work privileges since 1993, teachers are still forced into representation by the Indiana State Teachers Association in many districts where ISTA is the exclusive bargaining…

Larry Sand does a great job exposing the fallacy of the union officials’ view of Right to Work in unionwatch.org. Larry Sand does a great job exposing the fallacy of the union…

Wisconsin Act 10 severely restricted the subjects that come under the purvey of monopoly bargaining, and many districts are issuing handbooks instead of the union contract.  Keith Uhlig has the…

Michigan Education Association officials, desperate to keep forced dues rolling into their coffers.  Brian Smith has the story at mlive.com. A federal judge  signed an order Wednesday dissolving a preliminary injunction which…

Mike Antonucci, Education Intelligence Agency, reviews the news from the 2013 National Education Association Convention.  Two highlights:  NEA members voted down a merger with the American Federation of Teachers (AFT),…