The New York Teacher’s union has lost the use of their “rubber room.” The New York Times reports: For the last several years, teachers accused of incompetence or wrongdoing have been forced into rubber rooms, formally called Temporary Reassignment Centers,…
But for all his bluster, he can’t keep New Yorkers, for example, from noticing that while the number of Empire State pupils enrolled in K-12 public schools fell by more than 121,000 over the last 10 years, schools added 14,746 teachers and 8,655 non-teaching professionals to their payrolls, all of whom are required to pay union dues or fees to keep their jobs.
We all know it is true that congress gives Big Labor legislative gifts and often at the expense of individual worker freedom; however, rarely do we see a congressional committee provide a modicum of insight. But, times may be changing based on this U.S. House Committee's press release: Wednesday, 09 June 2010 House Administration Releases Chart Explaining How the DISCLOSE Act Exempts Unions from Major Campaign Finance Restrictions
[stream provider=youtube flv=http%3A//www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DLEf-vJZOj4M img=x:/nrtwc.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/superman-nea.jpg captions=Students “Waiting for Superman” embed=false share=false width=450 height=253 dock=true controlbar=over bandwidth=high autostart=false /] The most powerful force for failure and the status quo in education today are the teacher union officials who…
Big Labor has unveiled their own bailout plan — a $100 million forced union dues political spending plan to save the Democrat majority in Congress. From The Hill: The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) plans to…
You have to see it to believe it: Where is the money? We need the cash, give it up fast!…
You have to see it to believe it: Where is the money? We need the cash, give it up fast!…
Iowa’s Big labor union bosses effort to require government employees to pay union dues has Marion County teachers up in arms and they are doing something about it. They are leaving the union and will represent themselves at the bargaining table.
How low can the union bosses go? That is a the question voters in West Virginia are asking themselves after seeing the teacher union produce an TV ad exploiting the death of 29 miners to make their…