Some dare call it a coincidence. The same day that House Democrats return to Washington to hand state and teacher union bosses a $26 billion bailout, teacher’s union announces a “plan to rev up recess action to protect Democrats’ majority.”…
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.
[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…
The June 2010 issue of The National Right to Work Committee Newsletter is available for download in an Adobe pdf format for your convenience to read and share. It is the Committee’s official newsletter publication that provides an excellent…
We usually don’t review movies in this blog, but “The Cartel” is worth the exception. The Cartel is an in-depth documentary examining the power and influence of teachers’ unions over our educational policies. It sounds…
We usually don’t review movies in this blog, but “The Cartel” is worth the exception. The Cartel is an in-depth documentary examining the power and influence of teachers’ unions over our educational policies. It sounds…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa), the author if the infamous Card Check Forced Unionism bill, is at it again. Harkin has just authored Senate Bill 3206 — a massive $23 billion bailout for the teacher’s union. The NEA has made the…
General Motors. Wall Street. Big Banks. Chrysler. Union Pension plans. All provided bailouts by the Obama Administration. If they have their way, you will add teacher’s to the list. The Washington Post reports: The Obama administration…
Sen. Tom Harkin (D-AFL-CIO) is proposing a $23 billion bailout to ensure full employment for the teacher union members.