Teacher Union Dues Bankroll Far-Out Causes
“Since Janus, the actively employed membership of the nation’s largest teacher union, the [NEA], has fallen substantially."
Forty US Senators, led by Sen. Orrin Hatch, are demanding that members of the National Labor Relations Board step aside until valid and legal appointments can be made. The letter to Sharon Block and Richard F. Griffin, Jr., the two individuals whose alleged appointments to the National Labor Relations Board have been ruled unconstitutional by a federal court, demanding that they leave the board immediately, “withdraw from all Board activities and stop drawing salaries and other benefits associated with the positions you purport to hold.”
“Since Janus, the actively employed membership of the nation’s largest teacher union, the [NEA], has fallen substantially."
After a fierce legislative battle, a bill to protect Idaho educators’ freedom of association has been signed by GOP Gov. Brad Little. The Committee is committed to similarly protecting more and more civil servants nationwide.
The ILA hierarchy’s clear motive in suing two carriers that had docked at Leatherman, and in its threat to sue others if they did the same, was to bully the South Carolina Ports Authority (SCPA), with whom the union had no contract, into selling out the freedom of union-free port employees who then operated heavy equipment.