Fwd: Union bosses thwart education reform

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From: Mark Mix <mark.mix@righttoworkfoundation.org>
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 16:15:06 -0700
Subject: Union bosses thwart education reform
To: mMICHAEL MORGAN <scavengermeister@gmail.com>

Union bosses thwart education reform, teachers' rights

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.

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