Teacher Rights
Governor 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…
Read MoreConvicted Teacher Union Official Writes Book
A former Pennsylvania teacher union president and regional director for political action, Lisa Barrett, was convicted of embezzling $60,000 from her union. Pennsylvania allows teacher union officials to force teachers…
Read MoreWisconsin Teachers Win Again
Wisconsin teachers Carrie Ann Glembocki and Kristi LaCroix have won their case, and teachers in Wisconsin are one step closer to freedom. With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation…
Read MoreTaxpayers Fund Washington Union Official
Taxpayers are subsidizing a Yakima, Washington teacher union official’s salary for time spent on union official business, in direct violation of Washington state law, and the school board seems to…
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