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Labor unions in Wisconsin appeared to have exerted their political power when their endorsed candidate, Janet Protasiewicz, defeated her opponent for an open seat on the Wisconsin Supreme Court. The Wisconsin Supreme Court race became the most-expensive state court election in U.S. history, with total spending at around $45 million,
Brigette Herbst, organizing director at Americans for Fair Treatment, wrote an opinion editorial in The Center Square about teachers not getting all the information they need to determine whether to collectively bargain in Loudoun County, Virginia. You can read the full opinion editorial here.
Americans for Fair Treatment helps public employees hold their union accountable, and we do it for free. We do this, first and foremost, because we believe in First Amendment rights and the freedom of public employees to work free of coercion from unions. The other reason is that the current
During a keynote address at the National Education Association’s (NEA) annual “Share My Lesson” virtual conference, American Federation of Teachers (AFT) President Randi Weingarten singled out political priorities as a centerpiece of the teachers union’s strategy going forward. The annual “Share My Lesson” virtual conference is supposed to be a
The House of Representatives passed a bill enshrining a “Parents Bill of Rights,” but it was met with criticism from the two largest teachers unions, the National Education Association (NEA) and American Federation of Teachers (AFT). The Parents Bill of Rights Act, officially known as H.R. 5, proposed several education
Americans for Fair Treatment’s report was cited by The Providence Journal: Perik – whose wife, Elizabeth Beretta-Perik, is seen as a possible 1st Congressional District candidate and was a finalist to be McKee’s lieutenant governor in 2021 – has made news numerous times, not always favorably, for his work in the education
Brandon Johnson, a mayoral candidate in the upcoming Chicago run-off election, continues to sidestep allegations of conflict-of-interest while he remains on the payroll of the city’s powerful teachers’ union, the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). Johnson currently works as the Cook County Commissioner and is paid a salary of $93,500. But,
New York City union leaders recently voted to transition 250,000 retirees from their current SeniorCare healthcare plan, which the city government funds, to Medicare Advantage, a partially-privatized plan run by private insurance company, Aetna. New York City had been pushing for the transition to save money since 2018, based on
