Teacher Rights
TWO-FACED, OR OPEN-FACED? Exclusive Power is the Answer
Charter school teachers and other employees can learn about their workplace rights by contacting the National Right to Work Foundation for information and free legal advice, or consult their website…
Read MorePoll Indicates Most Opposed to Forced Dues
The 2017 EdNext Poll on School Reform shows most people polled, including teachers, are opposed to teacher having to be pay forced dues, or agency shop fees. The 2017 Education Next survey, conducted…
Read MoreTeacher Unions and the Education Bureaucracy
Larry Sand reviews Steve Jobs’ ground-shattering views on teacher union officials’ power in an interview from 1995. While he does not mention merit pay, the idea that teacher unions have turned…
Read MoreNew Jersey Teacher Union Sets Sights on Senate President
New Jersey Education Association teacher union officials are attempting to relieve Senate President Steve Sweeney of his job. How much of this money is taken from teachers against their will? Andrew…
Read MoreLand of Lincoln Scandal?
There are examples of teacher union officials’ extraordinary power, but this one takes the cake, especially considering the financial woes currently plaguing Illinois. Jim Dey has the story in News-Gazzette.…
Read MoreA Taste of Her Own Medicine?
Mike Antonucci reports on how Pinellas Classroom Teachers employees (not members of the union) greeted Randi Weingarten in an unusual way in Intercepts. Employees of the Pinellas Classroom Teachers Association set…
Read MoreForced Unionism at Taxpayer Expense
Steven Greenhut explains how forced union membership hurts the public on the California Policy Center Online. His comparison includes teacher and police union officials. America’s public school systems are notorious for…
Read MoreEnormous Labor Payback
Pennsylvania Governor Tom Wolf has made an enormous pay back to Big Labor by appointing the top officer of the Pennsylvania State Education Association to serve as head of the Commonwealth’s Department…
Read MoreBig Labor Payback in NYC
Could Mayor Bill de Blasio be paying United Federation of Teachers officials for their support in this election year? The New York Post’s Editorial Board seems to think so. Agency fee payors,…
Read MoreRhode Island Gov Vetoes “Forever” Contracts
Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo has vetoed a bill that would have allowed teacher union monopoly bargaining contracts to remain in effect after they have expired, an ultimate power play…
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