Teacher Unions

New Milestone: Two Million American Teachers Now Corralled Into Unions, 1.3 Million Forced to Pay Dues

Patrick Semmens — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:54:31 -0400

Washington, DC (August 19, 2008) – As the total number of America’s teachers corralled into union collectives crosses the two million mark, a national legal aid foundation and professional educator group have joined forces in a public information campaign to educate teachers laboring under compulsory unionism about their legal rights and options.

The National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation and the Association of American Educators’ joint program will also inform teachers of professional associations that provide services to teachers who do not want to associate with the increasingly militant and political teacher unions. Many teachers object to the political agenda of teacher union bosses, while others object to knee-jerk union obstruction of school reforms that could increase the quality of education for students.

Court Strikes Down Ohio Law Forcing Public Employees to Pay Union Dues Unless They Join Certain Religions

Webmaster — Fri, 22 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0400

Legal Counsel for Petitioners in First Amendment Battle Comment on Supreme Court Oral Argument

Webmaster — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 00:00:00 -0500

**Washington, DC (January 10, 2007)** – Mark Mix, President of the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, made the following statement regarding today’s U.S. Supreme Court oral argument in *Davenport v. Washington Education Association*. The Foundation is a non-profit organization providing free legal aid to victims of compulsory unionism abuse, and whose staff attorneys filed the case in 2003 and successfully appealed the case to the Supreme Court on behalf of lead petitioner Gary Davenport and 4,000 other nonunion Washington State teachers.

“The *Davenport* case is a defensive battle that underscores how labor law is a stacked deck against the individual. In the 28 states without Right to Work laws, millions of employees are forced to choose between paying dues to a union they do not support and losing their job. Washington is one of these states.

An Astounding 35 Groups Sign Briefs Supporting Washington Teachers in U.S. Supreme Court Controversy Over Union Dues

Webmaster — Wed, 15 Nov 2006 00:00:00 -0500

**Washington, DC (November 15, 2006)** – A diverse group of 35 legal foundations, public policy groups, and federal government agencies this week filed supporting briefs asking the nation’s highest court to reverse a novel Washington State Supreme Court decision that found a constitutional “right” for union officials to spend on politics the forced dues extracted from nonunion employees. A failure to overturn the activist Washington ruling might jeopardize America’s 22 state Right to Work laws which ban forced union dues altogether.

U.S. Supreme Court Takes Up Appeal of Controversial Ruling Granting Union Officials a 'Right' to Forced Union Dues for Politics

Webmaster — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Teachers File U.S. Supreme Court Arguments Seeking Limits on Union Officials’ Access to Forced Dues

Webmaster — Thu, 24 Aug 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Teachers File U.S. Supreme Court Appeal of Ruling Granting Union Officials Right to Nonmembers’ Dues

Webmaster — Wed, 14 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0400

Teachers to Appeal Today’s Washington State Supreme Court Ruling Striking Down Campaign Finance Law

Webmaster — Thu, 16 Mar 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Teacher Union Lawyers Lose Last-Ditch Effort to Block Full Investigation over Use of Union Dues for Politics

Webmaster — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0500

Statement on Decision of Federal Court to Not Issue a Preliminary Injunction While it Considers First Amendment Lawsuit

Webmaster — Fri, 04 Nov 2005 00:00:00 -0500