Strikes, Union Activity

Reaching the heights of hypocrisy, Chicago Teacher Union official (but hardly a professional) Karen Lewis not only amused the crowd by talking about killing “the Rich,” but hastened to define…

And now, teacher union members can do something about it.  The newly-passed Michigan Right To Work Law will allow teachers to simply refrain from membership should they wish to.  With…

As Terry Moe predicted in his groundbreaking book, “Special Interest,” charter schools continue to make great strikes in improving education, and in improving teacher academic freedom. Without the traditional monopoly bargaining strictures which hamper…

Another example of union bosses’ contempt for their rank and file: Many teachers depend upon their union officials to negotiate on their behalf, and are left high and dry while…

Exercising his rights as a taxpaying citizen, Stopteacherstrikes President Simon Campbell, was stopped in his tracks by union officials and their power. Simon tells his story on stopteacherstrikes.org: On November 20,…

Stan Greer, Program Director for the National Institute for Labor Relations Research, reflects on Dr. Charles Baird’s view of Right To Work Laws. Baird’s background both as a teacher and…

CEAFU Key Leader Larry Sand sets President Obama and others straight, dispelling one of many union myths about the new Right To Work Law in Michigan. Monopoly, or as union officials call…

A Missouri school board sanctions union officials to use so-called “official time,” paid leave from their teaching position to conduct official union business. That means taxpayers are footing the bill…

James Marshall Crotty, Forbes magazine, makes an interesting observation:    Because of the alleged audacity of passing a right-to-work law during the lame-duck session of the Michigan legislature, virulent — and…

It’s not what you know, it’s how many close ties you have when you’re a union official.  Dave Low, Executive Director of the California School Employees Association, is also in charge…