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Bronx KIPP Charter School Educator Hits UFT Union Bosses with Federal Charges Detailing Illegal Threats, Dues Demands
Uriel Barrera, an educator at KIPP Academy Middle School in the Bronx, has hit United Federation of Teachers Local 2 (UFT, an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers, AFT) union officials with federal charges for illegally threatening teachers with the loss of existing benefits if they choose not to join the union, and for demanding dues payments from teachers with no legal authority to do so. Barrera filed unfair labor practice charges at National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) Region 2 in New York with free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation. […]
“AFT officials, with the radical Randi Weingarten as their leader, are no strangers to putting union boss control and influence ahead of the wellbeing of both students and teachers,” observed National Right to Work Foundation President Mark Mix. “Mr. Barrera and his coworkers at KIPP Middle School in New York are only the latest victims of AFT officials’ coercive schemes.
“Granting union bosses forced-dues and monopoly bargaining powers creates problems in any workplace, but it’s especially insidious in schools, where union bosses can hold both teachers and students hostage to their demands,” Mix added. “These threats against teachers show exactly why the NLRB should promptly schedule the decertification election to allow these teachers an up or down vote to decide whether to expel the AFT from their school.”
All contents from this article were originally published on the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation Website.
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