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Posts by Catrin Wigfall
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Five facts teachers’ unions won’t admit
Educators have to sift through a lot of misinformation regarding unions and membership. Here are five of the most common issues the major state and national teachers’ unions don’t want educators t...
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You Can Quit But You Can’t Leave
Public employee unions hide behind bureaucratic minutiae to prevent dissatisfied "members" from leaving. ...
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Elizabeth Warren’s labor proposal would reinstate pilfering from home health care workers
Despite her pitch to “empower” and “protect” American workers, Democratic presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren's labor reform proposal would actually work against home health care workers i...
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Heartless union holds MN public employee captive as she fights cancer
Sue Halloran, a senior account clerk in the business office at Inver Hills Community College, was pulled out of a training session in April 2018 by an AFSCME Council 5 representative who wanted her to...
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Teachers’ union forces members to fund PAC, refund request process is tricky
If teachers and other educators would like to protect their constitutional right to not fund the union’s PAC, the process to get the forced $25 contribution refunded is not easy. But don't get spoo...
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