Strikes, Union Activity
The Cost of Monopoly Bargaining
It’s time to call a halt to teacher union power over the education process and eliminate the root of compulsory unionism: monopoly bargaining. A bigger mess brought on by monopoly bargaining…
Read MoreCalifornia – The Union Power State
California union officials are doing something with all those forced dues they collect public sector (including teachers), with all this anti-Janus legislation. Edward Ring, of The California Policy Center has comprised…
Read MoreLet’s Not Forget Taxpayers’ Obligation to Union Dues
Larry Sand does a fine job of laying out how taxpayer money pays for the collection of union dues, a practice that could end with the Janus v. AFSCME decision. Check out the…
Read MoreNEA Staff Union Renews Strike Talk
Inter-union battles are no recent development. For years staff unions (employees who work for unions themselves) have done exactly what union officials urge their members to do – protest and…
Read MoreUnion Official Agrees With Mark Janus
Michael Thulen agrees with Mark Janus. Thulen is president of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, (AFSCME) Local 3790 in New Jersey. One, be accountable. Last week, the New…
Read MoreTeachers Should Know Better – NEA Presidential Endorsements
Teachers should be familiar with how the National Education Association (NEA) uses dues money to endorse presidential candidates and supports them monetarily. Especially those who are forced to support the NEA. Mike…
Read MoreTeachers Should Know Better- Just What is Right to Work?
IT’S NOT ROCKET SCIENCE, as my aerospace engineer sister would say! A Right To Work law simply states an employee cannot be forced to join or support a labor union…
Read MoreCalifornia Teachers Association Prepares for Loss of Forced Dues
The California Teachers Association is preparing to lose 23,000 members, as well as 28,000 nonmembers paying forced dues in the wake of the Janus v. AFSCME decision. It appears CTA is planning…
Read MoreCould “Remember in November” Backfire?
Weingarten and others seem fond of characterizing the recent wave of teacher strikes as a political re-awakenings. Yet preliminary findings from a pending survey suggest that teachers unions and their allies may…
Read MoreNew Jersey Teacher Union Officials Questioned
New Jersey state lawmakers questioned teacher union officials about allegations they protect their dues-paying members at all costs. Avi Wolfman-Arent has the story on whyy.org. New Jersey lawmakers grilled teachers union officials…
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