Teachers Unions, Super PACs, and the 2024 Election
A super PAC, as they are commonly called, is short for super political action committee. It is technically not a political action committee but rather an independent expenditure-only committee that…
Labor Watch
A Union-Only Key Bridge Rebuild Discriminates Against Local Workers
President Joe Biden's promise, supported by Gov. Wes Moore, to rebuild the Key Bridge with union labor will sideline nearly 90 percent of the local workforce, raising costs and delaying…
Port Strike Halts: Now What?
The port strike has ended with a tentative wage agreement and disputes over automation and fees punted to next year. The wage agreement was the easy part. On January 15,…
A New Jim Crow Era: Blacks Only
We have learned from our Jim Crow Era mistakes in the past, right? Or are we seeing a resurgence of a new type of segregation, not just in the South…
A New Jim Crow Era: Modern Parallels
So-called progressives have resurrected all the elements of the Jim Crow Era. Special privileges and facilities for certain races, division by racial groups, harassment and browbeating of the new racial…
A New Jim Crow Era: Segregated Schools
In the classroom, the teachers unions are often behind modern segregation efforts. For example, the NEA is complaining that some states are starting to close segregated spaces on college campuses.
What You Need to Know About the Port Strike
Starting early this morning, port workers on the East Coast represented by the International Longshoremen’s Association (ILA) labor union walked out on strike, halting operations at 36 ports from Texas…
What to Make of Teamster Neutrality?
The International Brotherhood of Teamsters announced it would make no endorsement in the presidential race for the first time since 1996. Has the previously busted myth of the nonpolitical labor…
SPLC and Its Union Get Ready to Rumble
Nonprofit organizations are generally not parliamentary democracies governed by their staffs. That did not stop the Southern Poverty Law Center’s unionized workers from holding a “no-confidence vote” in SPLC president…
Pro-Palestine in the Classroom
On December 6, 2023, teachers in Oakland, California, held a pro-Palestine teach-in for their students—with the support of the Oakland Education Association, the local teachers union. More than 100 teachers…