Every conservative dragooned by circumstance into a unionized workplace is compelled to make a Hobson’s choice: Either concede any voice in the workplace by resigning from the union, or pay…
The past few years should be an object lesson in why the Taft-Hartley principles limiting unions’ power to disrupt commerce and society—remember the parade of horribles that President Truman detailed…
All government unions are profoundly harmful, but the most damaging are the teachers’ unions. Since 2020, they have lobbied and agitated successfully to keep kids out of schools—and keep their…
“The teachers unions have more influence on the public schools than any other group in American society.”[2] The rules under which schools operate are shaped by union demands in collective…
Government unions differ from those in the private sector in many ways, but foremost is that described by Terry Moe: “By participating actively in electoral campaigns…and by using their members,…
Teachers’ unions are writing the playbook of the hard left. The Freedom Foundation obtained Racial Justice in Education, an internal document published in 2018 by the National Education Association. It…
The teachers’ unions sure revealed their character during the COVID-19 crisis of 2020–2022. They successfully kept kids out of schools, made sure that the children were all wearing masks, began…
Frederick Hess, director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute, thinks schooling and school reform itself are due for a rethink. In his brief (less than 150 pages,…
This month, the National Education Association (NEA) held its Representation Assembly (RA) in Orlando, Florida. The last time the RA met entirely in person was in 2019. No surprise that…
U.S. Rep. Scott Fitzgerald’s newly introduced STUDENT Act—the “Stopping Teachers Unions from Damaging Education Needs Today” Act—would, among other things, amend the National Education Association’s (NEA’s) federal charter to prohibit…