Teacher Unions

Charter School Teachers and Employees: Know Your Rights!

Anthony Riedel — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 12:18:07 -0400

Today, the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation has published its newest "Know Your Rights" page, this one geared to charter school teachers and employees who are forced to accept union officials' "representation," even if the workers want nothing to do with the union.

National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys compiled a list of rights charter school teachers and employees have in the workplace with the specific goal to enlighten charter school employees that they can make decisions in an atmosphere free of threats, harassment, coercion, or misrepresentation.

News Release: Teacher Files Brief in Wisconsin Government Unionism Reform Battle in Federal Court

Anthony Riedel — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 09:58:42 -0400

Teacher Files Brief in Wisconsin Government Unionism Reform Battle in Federal Court

Public-sector union bosses file desperate lawsuit seeking to protect forced dues stranglehold over Wisconsin’s public workers and taxpayers

Madison, WI (June 29, 2011) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation and the Wisconsin Institute for Law & Liberty, a Kenosha teacher affected by Wisconsin’s recent public-sector unionism reforms has filed an amicus curiae brief in federal court.

Legal Notice: Foundation Win Forces Union Officials to Inform Florida Teachers of their Rights

Will Collins — Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:27:47 -0400

With the help of National Right to Work Foundation staff attorneys, a Florida teacher won a settlement from the state's Public Employees Relations Commission that orders United Teachers of Dade (UTD) union officials to stop discriminating against teachers who don't belong to the union. Miami-Dade schools are also required to post the following notice to inform teachers of their rights

For more on the Foundation's efforts to help Florida teachers, see our press release from last September.

Citizen Activist Wins Battle to Inform Keystone State Teachers of Their Constitutional Rights

Anthony Riedel — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 11:52:57 -0400

Citizen Activist Wins Battle to Inform Keystone State Teachers of Their Constitutional Rights

Teacher union bosses aimed to keep Pennsylvania’s teachers in the dark

Harrisburg, PA (September 30, 2010) – With free legal assistance from the National Right to Work Foundation, citizen activist Simon Campbell has bested teacher union bosses in state court over his right to inform Pennsylvania’s nonmember teachers of their constitutional rights regarding union membership and dues payment.

Labor Day Recap: National Right to Work Exposes Big Labor's Radical Agenda

Nick Cote — Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:27:26 -0400

Over the Labor Day weekend, columns by National Right to Work president Mark Mix appeared in newspapers across the country and online exposing Big Labor's power grabs and coercive practices over American workers.

In Investor's Business Daily Mix highlighted the extremism and ethics problems of Craig Becker, the Service Employee International Union's (SEIU) inside man at the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB):

In the face of bipartisan opposition, Obama bypassed Congress and installed Becker at the NLRB through a recess appointment. Now that he's established at the head of an agency responsible for overseeing American labor law, Becker is poised to expand Big Labor's privileges even further.

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Mark Mix in DC Examiner: Union Bosses vs. Education Reform

Nick Cote — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 16:32:26 -0400

In an op-ed this week in the Washington Examiner, National Right to Work President Mark Mix discusses the threat to real education reform posed by teacher union bosses in Washington, DC.

Just a few weeks ago, Samuel Johnson’s centuries-old observation that a man’s knowledge he is to be hanged “concentrates his mind wonderfully” seemed quite applicable to Washington Teacher Union (WTU) President George Packer.

Of course, no one was threatening Packer with the rope or any of its modern-day equivalents when they agreed to a new contract in late June making it significantly easier for D.C. Public Schools Chancellor Michelle Rhee to dismiss ineffective teachers.

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California Teachers Unwittingly Fund Union Political Activism

Will Collins — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:06:50 -0400

From the San Jose Mercury News, here's an excellent op-ed from retired teacher Larry Sand on forced teacher union dues:

So why does CTA not let its members decide if they want to contribute to CTA's various political funds? It is simply because the union knows that if these donations were voluntary, the vast majority of teachers wouldn't contribute a penny.

So does CTA really care about the needs and opinions of its teachers, or does it just see its members as convenient ATMs to further its own political agenda?

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New Jersey Governor: Forced Unionism "Is About the Accumulation and Exercise of Raw Political Power"

Nick Cote — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 15:28:22 -0400

In a political culture in which most politicians fear Big Labor's massive forced dues electioneering machine, it's refreshing to see an elected official articulately and passionately condemn compulsory unionism. That's just what New Jersey Governor Chris Christie did last week at a town hall meeting.

In the video below, listen to Gov. Christie explain the evil of forcing teachers to pay union fees (roughly 85 percent of full union dues) just to exercise their right to refrain from union membership.

New Right to Work Video: Inside the Minds of Teacher Union Operatives

Will Collins — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:29:38 -0400

At Freedom@Work, we've spent plenty of time documenting the many problems of public sector forced unionism, including the fiscal abyss it is plunging state and local governments into. But even reports of an impending budget crisis don't have quite the same impact as a video of teacher union militants demanding more tax dollars:

Florida Employment Commission Files Complaint Against Scofflaw Teacher Union Bosses

Will Collins — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 15:29:04 -0400

Here's an update on the case of Sean Beightol, a veteran Miami chemistry teacher denied access to private counsel at a school disciplinary hearing.

Although union members are allowed to consult with advisers from the United Teachers of Dade (UTD) union during similar proceedings, school administrators prevented Beightol from bringing an adviser from his voluntary teacher association to the meeting, a clear-cut case of workplace discrimination against nonunion teachers.