Too often, unions function as slush funds for the Democratic Party, lining the pockets of politicians while spending very little on members. Union members who don’t like this are often told to work to change things from the inside, but the example of a State of California employee shows how

After losing his wife 15 months ago, Phil Vecchio was glad he still had his job as a school bus driver to keep him busy. He wanted to keep working even though he was approaching retirement age–it was what kept him going. But then he got tired of how the

An AFFT member shares her story about leaving the union

This week, we received an unsigned letter purportedly from Philadelphia transit workers who describe horrendous working conditions. The letter claims buses and trains are unsafe and unsanitary, and that operators are subject to harassment and violence, including female bus drivers on overnight shifts who are who are left defenseless when

American Federation of Teachers President, Randi Weingarten, officially changed her long-held position on masking in schools. She released a statement last week praising the CDC’s new masking guidelines, which re-categorized much of the country as having low COVID-transmission, and advised that people in such areas will not need to wear

Recently, members of the public have filed numerous public records requests with Minnesota school districts, seeking information about how the districts deal with and communicate about controversial topics, including critical race theory, equity, and social justice. They’ve also questioned how the districts communicate with outside entities, including unions, about these

Last week, an opinion piece entitled “We have a lot to learn from teachers unions” ran in The Philadelphia Inquirer. The authors are correct insofar as there are lessons to be learned from the recent actions of teachers unions, but they miss the mark on just what those lessons are.

There are several cases working their way through the federal court system that reveal a shocking union practice. Forgery. As in, unions in California and Oregon are forging the names of unsuspecting public employees on unions membership cards. In an op-ed, Freedom Foundation attorney Timothy Snowball referenced cases sitting before

It’s no secret that union political spending has long favored Democrats over Republicans, but less well known is how unions spend their members’ dues money to push the Democratic Party further to the left, in part by funding the campaigns of progressives who go up against moderate Democrats in primary