2,824 Public Employees Helped Opt Out
18,000 Members
$323,875 Saved in Annual Union Dues
Hackers accessed personal information of more than 500,000 people, including driver’s licenses, social security numbers, banking and medical information, and passport numbers.
The current “opt-out” system forces employees to actively object to their dues funding political causes they may not support – an unfair burden.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has declared an end to collective bargaining for more than 50,000 TSA Transportation Security Officers.
By unlawfully unionizing TSA screeners, the TSA has denied these employees the fundamental rights and protections they deserve.
The Democratic National Committee (DNC) sparked controversy after it announced layoffs with just one day’s notice, offering no severance to the affected employees. This decision has been met with sharp criticism from the DNC Staff Union, which accused the leadership of betraying the party’s core values. According to an Axios
Chip Rogers, CEO at Americans for Fair Treatment, wrote an opinion editorial in National Review Online explaining why unions need to get out of politics and focus on supporting the real needs of their members. You can read the full opinion editorial here.
A recent study, conducted by Professors Michael T. Hartney of Boston College and Vladimir Kogan of Ohio State University, has shed light on the motivations behind teachers’ union endorsements in school board elections. It reveals that these endorsements are more aligned with unions’ self-interest than with the pursuit of better
As next week’s presidential election approaches, teachers across the country should take a moment to consider how unions have been spending their hard-earned money in this time of heightened political division. Teachers unions like the National Education Association (NEA) and the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) are actively engaging in
