Strikes, Union Activity

Apparently American Federation of Teachers president Randi Weingarten and United Federation of Teachers president Michael Mulgrew (he of the operation to sweep UFT’s office of electronic bugs) believe a good union…

Supporters of the Common Core curriculum suddenly don’t want their names mentioned in President Obama’s State of the Union  Address.  Sean Higgins of the Washington Examiner, has the story. Common Core is…

In conjunction with last week’s blog from Mike Antonucci on NEA union officials’ disconnect with their members, let us not forget what education is all about:  serving the needs of…

The following letter, from the Illinois Education Association reflects the fears of that organization’s officials about a recent National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation radio ad advising teachers of…

Although the news in unprecedented, and their power allows them almost complete control over most teachers, a recent survey shows NEA teacher union officials are out of touch with their…

National Right to Work Legal Defense attorney Bill Messenger argued a case which could free all teachers and other public employees from forced dues, before the Supreme Court on January…

United Federation of Teachers officials have spent millions on entertainment and funding such groups as ACORN, which shed its name but not its image.  President Michael Mulgrew spent thousands in forced…

Yoav Gonen’s story in the New York Post points out a curious privelege which seems outrageous even for a teacher-union negotiated contract:  an extended unpaid maternity leave of 11 years.  None…

The MacIver Institute has the story: Workers rejected over 70 of 408 school district unions during annual recertification elections that ended on Thursday, according to a preliminary analysis of the results.…

From the MacIver Institute, the latest figures on union recertification elections: The MacIver Institute calculated the total number of members that voted “No” and those that simply did not vote. Since…