Strikes, Union Activity

Mark Mix president of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, writes in investors.com Labor Day editorial:    Most Americans realize that Labor Day is about celebrating workers, not union bosses. But…

Louisiana Federation of Teachers believes the Black Alliance for Educational Options (BAEO) of advocating the teaching of the Ku Klux Klan, a white supremacist group.   The accusation is patently absurd,…

A shocking look at the underside of government employee unions, Brad Decker interviews Mallory Factor on his best-selling book “Shadowbosses,” in The Washington Times.      His new bestseller, “Shadowbosses,” shines the light on…

A Big Labor payback at the state level?  Christopher Keating of the Hartford Courant, has the story. The governor Tuesday nominated longtime teachers’ union leader Sharon Palmer to be the state’s next…

The Boston Teacher Union filed an unfair labor practice over teacher evaluations.  Matt Stout reports in the Boston Herald:   A “dismayed” Boston Teacher’s Union today threatened to bring additional unfair labor practice…

These are the words of Annie Lee Hudson, the Chicago teacher, who, with help from National Right to Work Foundation attorneys, carried her case all the way to the Supreme…

You Are Now Entering the Mallory Factor Spin Zone http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036789/ns/msnbc_tv-morning_joe/#48762499 Union kingpins are getting huffy about the success of Shadowbosses, the new book by journalist, editor and academic Mallory Factor and…

California Teacher Empowerment Network Executive Director Larry Sand, as usual, has produced a thoughtful and hard-hitting response to an article, “6 Reasons Teachers Unions Are Good for Kids.6 Reasons Teachers…

Now here is an idea that is really about the kids – and the teachers. At least three Douglas County, Colorado, school board members want own job back, presenting 4 proposals…

Democrats like Michelle Rhee, of StudentsFirst.org, and Joe Williams, who heads up Democrats for Education Reform, take education reform to the highest level by making it a nonpartisan issue.  Part…