Teacher Rights
Paid Not To Teach
Official time allows union officials to collect teacher salaries but not to teach. Teacher union officials are increasing their power through this scheme, which has been enshrined in monopoly bargaining…
Read MoreCollective Bargaining Ignores Teacher Excellence
Heritage Foundation Research Fellow James Sherk testifies before the Nevada legislature on how monopoly bargaining ignores teacher excellence and undermines representative government. Collective bargaining in government takes away the final say on public…
Read MoreNEA Nunbers Failing
National Education Association (NEA) membership numbers have declined considerably since 1994. Mike Antonucci explains how this has occurred. In 1994 the National Education Association had 2.2 million members. In the years since,…
Read MoreGovernor Rauner Considers Ending Forced Dues
While Illinois teacher union officials fight to keep teachers paying forced dues and enduring unwanted union membership, Governor Rauner is considering giving teachers their freedom. Seth A. Richardson has the…
Read MoreTeacher Union Officials Call Washington Strikes
Teacher union officials in multiple Washington state districts have forced teachers to make the decision: strike or cross the picket line. Union president Larry Delaney makes it clear teachers want to…
Read MoreWEAC Whacks Dues
Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC) officials are having a fire sale on dues. After Act 10 in Wisconsin granted teachers Right to Work privileges, to choose or refrain from union membership,…
Read MoreRight-to-Work Good For Missouri
Holly Rehder, Republican State Representative for Missouri’s 148th state district, writes about her decision to support a Right to Work law on semissourian.com. I am proud to have been a…
Read MoreLA Unionists Model Themselves After Chicago
Or are they modeling themselves after Saul Alinsky? While California teachers struggle to free themselves from mandatory monopoly bargaining and forced dues, the Los Angeles teacher union president looks to…
Read MoreCA Teacher Union Hegemony Challenged
A third lawsuit in as many years will once again challenge exclusive representation and the power base of the California Teachers Association and the California Federation of Teachers. StudentsFirst.org, an…
Read MoreUnion Boss Pay and Forced Dues
The Executive Director of the Ohio Association of Public School Employees’ salary is paid not only by teachers, but taxpayers and other public employees. This is not unusual. Neither is the…
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