Strikes, Union Activity

“AGENCY SHOP”:  Union Dues Required, Competence Ignored Charleen Sciambi, a 13-year veteran California teacher honored in 1983 as the state’s best “Foreign Language Teacher of the year”, was fired for…

In her own words, Rebecca Friedrichs explains why the Supreme Court should end compulsory unionism for all, on cnn.com. Rebecca Friedrichs is the lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v. CTA. The Supreme Court…

Many teacher union members as well as forced dues payers, who have no idea where their dues go, may be surprised to find that teacher union officials make grandiose salaries.  For teacher union…

Since 1983 Ohio teacher have had to either join a teacher union, or pay forced dues in support of those unions.  Here is another example of how teacher union officials…

A group of parents have filed an amicus curiae brief on behalf of Rebecca Friedrichs and her fellow plaintiffs.  The case will be heard on January 11, before the Supreme Court,…

Do teacher union officials speak for their members?  Apparently not.  Read how New Jersey teacher union officials are denying teachers a raise that has yet to be negotiated into the…

The National Education Association (NEA), American Federation of Teachers (AFT) and United Federation of Teachers (UFT) must report financial disclosure statements with the U. S. Department of Labor.  This information…

Jamie Lund comments on a Washington school board’s decision to allow a forced dues clause to be negotiated into the contract.  Check out the story in the South Pierce County…

Michigan passed a Right to Work Law in March, 2013, proclaiming all workers could choose for themselves whether they wanted to belong to, or support a union in order to…

While Wisconsin’s Act 10 requires teachers to re-certify union representation annually, Madison Teachers Inc., wants to know who’s voted in the election so far and who has not.  Doug Erickson has the…