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Nov 5, 2022 · Unions from Oakland to Sacramento followed suit, as has CTA, their statewide umbrella organization, under pressure from rank-and-file members, said Bradley Marianno, an education policy professor ...
- The Post-Janus Launch
- Exploiting The “Right to Work” Lie
- Failing on A Grand Scale
- Social Media Targets CTA Members
Cynicism runs deep in dark money-funded groups that want to dismantle unions across the U.S. It has been a part of their attacks on professional unions for years. For example, within hours of the controversial 2018 U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Janus vs. AFSCME — a case bankrolled by billionaires that overturned a former unanimous 40-year-old SCOTUS...
Union members across the U.S. know “Right to Work” really means right to work for less money. Freedom Foundation is a Washington-based anti-worker organization funded by out-of-state billionaireswho want to keep wages low, eliminate paid sick leave, and slash critical funding for education. Once again, the foundation is harassing CTA members with d...
Despite tens of millions in dark money contributions by billionaires, the foundation and affiliated groups have proven to be unsuccessful financial sinkholes for their donors; across the U.S. organized labor has had a resurgence in numbers and popularity.
The Freedom Foundation has recently taken out Facebook ads aimed at all CTA members, urging them to drop their union membership. It hired 80 full-time employees and sent them to California, Oregon and Washington to encourage people to quit their unions. These billionaire-funded attacks by an out-of-state organization will not deter CTA nor its memb...
Dec 6, 2022 · By Howard Blume Staff Writer. Dec. 6, 2022 Updated 2:36 PM PT. The Los Angeles teachers union is pressing its demands for a 20% raise over two years, smaller class sizes and a steep reduction in ...
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Mar 31, 2023 · The union also rallied against merit pay in federal programs like Race to the Top that would have required districts to use test scores to evaluate teachers. Under pressure from the union, California lawmakers refused to implement a system of teacher evaluations, weakening their chances of winning a chunk of the $4 billion in competitive grants ...
Sep 2, 2024 · From mid-2014 through early 2016, the Union Power leadership, working with broad layers of members committed to revitalizing the union, led with 10 approaches, and a capstone Build the Future Fund the Fight (BFFF) campaign, to lay the foundations for a durable, organizing union. 1. As soon as we came into union office in July 2014, we brought ...
Jan 11, 2016 · A ruling against unions in Friedrichs could force unions towards a more radical, rank-and-file, social movement unionism, including organizing and grassroots activism some would like to see more ...
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Jun 13, 2014 · Teachers unions still have too much money and too many members to be counted out. Collectively, they represent 3.8 million workers and retirees. They bring in more than $2 billion a year.
