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How are teachers unions using their power?

There is no disputing that America’s teachers unions -- in particular, the National Education Association and the American Federation of Teachers -- are the most organized and powerful voices in education politics. There are groups of people that care more deeply about public schools (parents, most notably) but they lack the coordination and vast resources that teachers unions have at their disposal.

Our new video shows teachers describing how teachers unions negatively affect education, in their own words.



 
Labor Pains Blog
SEIU in Oregon: For the love of the…?
Gov. Ted Kulongoski of Oregon has nominated Multnomah County Chairman Ted Wheeler to the position of State Treasurer, following the death of Ben Westlund on Sunday. Want to know why Wheeler, and not another state representative Greg Macpherson, got the nod? According to The Oregonian: “Kulongoski acknowledged that “part of it” was the opposition that Macpherson would [...]
Posted Thu, 11 Mar 2010

Trumka on Obama: “I give him the highest marks for tenacity”
The New York Times spared few punches in their piece “Still with Obama, But Worried”: “Because unions have been so crucial to the Democrats election after election, political experts say labor’s ambivalence, or worse, toward the Democrats could greatly deepen that party’s woes this fall. “Labor is very disappointed, whether it’s about card check or the effort to tax [...]
Posted Wed, 03 Mar 2010

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