Wisconsin Union Hypocrisy: WEAC Accused of Breaking Staff Union Contract

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  September 14th at 12:00 PM  | 

Pot, meet Kettle. While it occupied Wisconsin’s state capitol, the union that represents many of Wisconsin’s public school teachers, WEAC, demonized governor Scott Walker’s government union reform as an attack on collective bargaining. Yet, when WEAC found itself no longer able to forcibly collect union dues without state help, with its forced funding being diminished, WEAC decided to lay off 40%of its staff. Now, in | Read More »

Dismantling the Union Monopoly: Wis. teachers union to lay off 40% of staff

By: LaborUnionReport (Diary)  |  August 15th at 05:30 PM  | 

For years, the Wisconsin Education Association Council maintained a virtual monopoly on Wisconsin’s education system, raking in $25 million in union dues from teachers in 2009. Moreover, it also controls an insurance trust called the WEA Trust, which gave the union the ability to “sell” (though negotiations) school districts health insurance for teachers–often at a premium price. Of course, most Americans never heard about this | Read More »