There is no disputing that America’s teachers unions -- in particular, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers -- are the most organized and powerful voices in education politics. There are groups of people that care more deeply about public schools (parents, most notably) but they lack the coordination and vast resources that teachers unions have at their disposal. Our new video shows teachers describing how teachers unions negatively affect education, in their own words. |
AFL-CIO’s Stewart Acuff: NLRB appointees can “change the rules”
Update: Senator Harkin justifies vote saying NLRB nomineee “cannot” change the rules As the Director of Organizing at the AFL-CIO, Stewart Acuff draws a smaller crowd than the SEIU’s Andy Stern or his boss at the AFL-CIO, Richard Trumka. But that doesn’t mean that he doesn’t have something laughable to say. In his poorly timed Huffington Post [...] Posted Thu, 04 Feb 2010
Unions threaten to threaten primary challenges
We saw this dilemma coming. Labor is frustrated with Democrats, but how should they channel their anger? Stories about a Brave New World? Mass protests? Fist shaking? Democratic primary challenges (or just threatening primary challenges) are sounding better and better by the day. They’ve even got a short list. The National Journal reports: “It’s not one big happy family [...] Posted Fri, 29 Jan 2010
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