Union Bosses Thwart Education Reform
In my latest column in the Washington Examiner, I examine the state of education reform in the District of Columbia.
Time and again, when I see teacher union bosses' hostility toward potentially groundbreaking changes in education, I'm reminded of a telling statement by the late American Federation of Teachers union president Al Shanker:
"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."
Of course, even though union bosses seize dues from independent teachers, that doesn't mean the union bosses are representing their interests either. Many of the National Right to Work Foundation's precedent-winning cases were launched when teachers turned to Foundation attorneys for free legal aid.
In one case, a teacher union official told an Ohio teacher that she must "change religions" if she wanted to exercise her right to have her forced union dues be diverted to a charity due to her religious objections to the union's agenda.
Read my full op-ed on education reform in DC and more about the Foundation's record fighting for teachers on the Freedom @ Work blog.
Time and again, when I see teacher union bosses' hostility toward potentially groundbreaking changes in education, I'm reminded of a telling statement by the late American Federation of Teachers union president Al Shanker:
"When school children start paying union dues, that's when I'll start representing the interests of school children."
Of course, even though union bosses seize dues from independent teachers, that doesn't mean the union bosses are representing their interests either. Many of the National Right to Work Foundation's precedent-winning cases were launched when teachers turned to Foundation attorneys for free legal aid.
In one case, a teacher union official told an Ohio teacher that she must "change religions" if she wanted to exercise her right to have her forced union dues be diverted to a charity due to her religious objections to the union's agenda.
Read my full op-ed on education reform in DC and more about the Foundation's record fighting for teachers on the Freedom @ Work blog.
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