New Jersey Education Union Director Vincent Giordano, who according to tax returns makes $550,000, was asked about why poor families should not have school choice to move their kids from failing public schools. In response, he shrugged and said, “Well, life’s not always fair and I’m sorry about that.” Life isn’t fair for workers in the Garden State because union bosses like Giordano can grab union dues money from their paychecks without permission.
Just say no to government union bargaining in Virginia In our Republic, all citizens have a right to petition their elected officials for redress of grievances, but no one should have special access to decisions over spending public funds, which monopoly bargaining grants union officials.
Foundation President Mark Mix recently participated in a panel discussion titled “Ask The Experts: Teacher Appreciation Week? How Teachers Unions Got in the Way.”
“The PERB should condemn these attacks on independent-minded teachers, and allow Gompers educators to have their long-overdue vote on whether to remove the union officials who are attacking the very educators they claim to represent,” added Mix.