Strikes, Union Activity

Chicago Teacher Union officials have little left in in their campaign coffers but they intend to wage a campaign of community involvement which will elect as mayor a candidate with…

Chyrise Harris agrees that Denver teachers went on strike, but she also refuses to spout the teacher union line that the strike, “is all for the kids.”  On coschooltalk.org.  All views…

Chyrise Harris agrees that Denver teachers went on strike, but she also refuses to spout the teacher union line that the strike, “is all for the kids.”  On coschooltalk.org.  All views…

Despite the National Right to Work Legal Foundation’s landmark Supreme Court victory in Janus v. AFSCME, allowing teacher to choose or refrain from union membership, teacher union power in New Jersey…

Research suggests, that since the National Right to Work Legal  Defense  Foundation-won Janus Supreme Court decision, and found the data reflect a substantial drop in union membership since last June. But a…

While AFT officials deplore charter schools, the Chicago Teacher Union (an AFT-AFL-CIO affiliate), are leading 4 strikes at Chicago International Charter Schools.  Asking for higher pay and smaller class sizes,…

Colorado Governor Jared Polis refused to intervene so Denver teacher union officials are calling a strike to begin on Monday, the first since 1994.  The call for state intervention  has…

Mike Antonucci outlines the difference between the Oakland and recent Los Angeles strikes.  The Oakland strike, while approved by a majority of union members there, will not take place for at…

The title of Lance Izumi’s opinion piece says it all:  LAUSD teachers should exercise their Janus rights, not follow their union off a fiscal cliff.  Writing in the Los Angeles Daily News…

It’s time the public knows the undeniable motivation behind strikes. Professor Terry Moe is the most respected name in education reform today, serves as the Chairman of Stanford University’s Department of…