When given a choice, teachers in four out of eleven schools in Racine County, Wisconsin have decided to disband the unions they paid dues into for years. According to the Journal Times, by a slim majority (of those voting), North Cape School District teachers voted to disband the union. However, in Yorkville, the vote was unanimous. Out of the 29 teachers who voted, all 29 | Read More »
Last week, it was revealed that the government workers’ union AFSCME is spending $87.5 million to try to keep Democrats from being defeated on November 2nd. Interestingly, some people seemed shocked by this. They really shouldn’t be though. For decades, America’s union bosses have touted a desire to be more like their European counterparts and they’ve figured out the only way for them to accomplish | Read More »
Last year, for the first time ever, the number of public-sector union members exceeded private-sector union members. As it has been estimated (conservatively) that private-sector union members (most of them under the threat of losing their jobs) shell out $13-$15 billion annually in union dues, given the growth in public-sector unions, the union industry easily rakes in in excess of $26 billion or more per year in | Read More »
Across the country, teachers (aka those who are responsible for educating children and young adults basic skills in reading, writing and arithmetic…and a whole lot more) are acting out. One of the basic tenets in business or of common sense (which, unfortunately, they don’t teach in school) is that you cannot eat more than you produce. However, teachers and, more importantly, their unions seem to be | Read More »
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