Strikes, Union Activity
Mike Antonnuci Reports Teacher Union Membership At Historic Low
Mike Antonucci discusses how more teachers are currently not union members than are. Teachers in many states may not be union members, but nevertheless are covered under a monopoly bargaining contract, which…
Read MoreIt’s time to put an end to collective bargaining
Professor Emeritus of Adrian College, Paul de Lespinasse, Ph.D., makes a strong argument for abolishing public sector bargaining in the Portland (Oregon) Statesman Journal Online. His remarks were prompted by talk…
Read MoreThe Really Big Money? Not the Kochs
Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley Strassel on union political spending and forced dues. It’s an extraordinary thing, in a political age obsessed with campaign money, that nobody scrutinizes the biggest, baddest, “darkest” spenders…
Read MoreRandi Weingarten’s Political Influence
Mercedes Schneider speculates on Randi Weingarten’s influence on politics on huffingtonpost.com. Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) the second largest teacher union, but also a member of…
Read MoreWisconsin Teacher Union Officials Postpone Merger
Mike Antonucci makes predictions about the Wisconsin teacher union merger in Intercepts. Yesterday I posted the breaking news that the Wisconsin Education Association Council and AFT-Wisconsin postponed their scheduled votes to…
Read MoreThe Cost of Monopoly Bargaining
Providing another example of the cost of public sector monopoly bargaining, Justin Hegy explains how contracts in Chicago protect public workers from paying fees and fines that all other citizens are subject…
Read MoreAFT Union Bosses Reject Tenure Exception, Stymie District Administrators
AFT president Randi Weingarten, in concert with local Newark, (New Jersey), Teachers Union, is fighting a proposal by that school district to use a little-known exception to tenure in that school…
Read MoreNEA Rethinks Common Core Strategy It Developed
Mike Antonucci reviews the latest information on the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) involvement in Common Core standards. NEA president Dennis Van Roekel is calling for changes in implementation of the standards despite…
Read MoreNY Teacher Union Defies Police, Protects Heroin-Using School Teacher; Parents Furious
Here’s another example of teacher union bosses protecting their own interests over that of the students and the public. It seems teacher union bosses of Fallsburg, New York, now have…
Read MoreDemocrat Eva Moskowitz is All for the Kids
However, her stance on charter schools has New York City teacher union bosses aiming to destroy the progress she’s made, but she is a stalwart fighter for what she knows is right…
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