Steven Greenhut: “It’s no secret” that union bosses put longtime workers’ interests above those of “newbies.” (credit: SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE) ‘You Had No Reason to Expect’ Union Officials ‘Would Betray You’ Today more than 30 states have laws on the…
In their opening paragraph, the Rebecca Friedrichs et al petition for a writ of certiorari (request for the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case) cite two recent National Right To Work Foundation U.S. Supreme Court victories to…
Officials and militant activists of the three million-member National Education Association (NEA), America’s biggest teacher union, are currently gathered in Orlando, Fla., for their annual convention and representative assembly. Throughout the next few days, until the event finally concludes on…
If public officials legally empower union bosses to represent employees who don’t want a union as well as those who do, the law “must” also empower them to force the unwilling employees to pay union dues or fees. Otherwise, such…
WI Teacher Union Losing Its Teacher Healthcare Monopoly What happens when teachers are given a choice whether to join a union? Teachers in Kenosha, Wis., voted to decertify their union, the Kenosha Education…
The American Thinker examines how big teachers union have become impediments for needed education reform: American public education may be in crisis, but teachers are fairly happy with their lives, according to a new Gallup poll: The…
For years, Maryland state law has empowered government union bosses to seek and obtain the power to force teachers and other K-12 public school employees to fork over union dues or fees, or be fired. But top officials of the…
The Wall Street Journal continues to examine big labor’s ability to use coercive forced-union dues money…