Gina Friedlander is a substitute teacher in New York City represented by the United Federation of Teachers. She decided to resign her union membership over political disagreement, and now she doesn’t have to fund the union’s stance on COVID-19 decisions.
It’s hard to escape politics these days. It’s in the movies you watch, the music you listen to, football games – it is frustratingly inescapable. But schools and teachers once seemed to float above the political fray – not that they were bastions of conservatism, rather they were seen as
The union umbrella organization UNITE HERE is taking a victory lap after all three states its members heavily canvassed in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election went for their favored candidate, Joe Biden. In a press conference held on Nov. 5, the union said its canvassers spoke to 2.8
After winding up a bus tour in support of Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and other candidates, American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten tweeted out congratulations to candidates whose campaigns were supported by the union. “We campaigned with (U.S. Rep. Angie Craig, (D-MN) on the #AFTVotes bus tour this
Philadelphia Federation of Teachers president Jerry Jordan is asking Philadelphia teachers to authorize him to unilaterally call a strike if and when he feels like it’s necessary. Teacher strikes are legal in Pennsylvania, but that doesn’t mean teachers want to walk a picket line or skip paychecks. Interestingly, members of
It’s no secret that the National Education Association (NEA) is a foe of charter schools.
Multiple outlets are reporting that the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers (“PFT”) is considering a “work to rule” action. PFT’s president Jerry Jordan is soft-peddling work to rule as “a refusal to do ‘extras,’” but that’s not accurate. When Jordan authorized work to rule in 2015, it meant “no helping in
A New York City Councilman was ousted from his position on Monday over allegations raised by his staff related to ethics violations, including that he forced staffers to help his wife with her work for SEIU.
Later this month, one state will start checking with state employees before taking union dues out of their paychecks. Michigan’s Civil Service Commission recently adopted a rule requiring unionized employees to authorize union dues payments every year. The rule is moving forward after, late last week, a federal judge rejected
