Labor union leaders are in no rush to endorse a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate. But many members are still dissatisfied their union seems more caught up in a political game…
It’s MEA week in Minnesota, the annual fall ritual in which schools statewide cancel two classroom days in deference to the annual meeting of the most powerful public employee union…
If teachers want to protect their right to not fund Education Minnesota's PAC, they must request a refund of the forced contribution before October 31. Let the union know its…
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…
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…
If you have decided union membership is not the best decision for you, your resignation letter must be postmarked today.
Minnesota educators, don't miss your once-a-year-only opportunity to resign from union membership. If you had to guess what percent of every union dues dollar is going to the local chapter…
This September resignation window is about what’s right for you, your students, and your family. And remember, you are not alone! Many educators have decided union membership is not the…
Education Minnesota President Denise Specht once again used her column in the union’s magazine to call out the Center. "Our union and our vision... are under attack," Specht claimed.
The Star Tribune reports on billboards that have gone up around the Twin Cities: The bold statement is clarified in smaller print at the bottom of the signs, citing national…
The recent trend of local unions cutting ties with their national affiliate (the National Education Association) has prompted the NEA to lock local unions in with new rules.
If you are a member of the union, you have an important decision to make. You can opt-out or you can choose to remain in the union. EducatedTeachersMN can help…
The good news: the state's teachers' union Education Minnesota has widened its September opt-out "window" from seven days to 30 days. The bad news: the window still exists and is…
As the one-year anniversary of Janus v. AFSCME approaches, the national teachers’ union AFT (American Federation of Teachers) recently made a misleading claim about the case’s impact on union membership.…
Independent school districts across Minnesota spent nearly $1.5 million of taxpayer funding to lobby state legislators and agencies in 2018, according to the latest report on local government lobbying expenditures…
Minnesota Personal Care Attendants (PCAs) celebrated today’s announcement that the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) has overturned an Obama-era rule allowing Medicaid payments to be diverted to government…
American Experiment thinks that government unions should, at a minimum, be subject to at least the same reporting rules as private-sector unions, so the Center has joined an effort to…
After the Janus decision at the U.S. Supreme Court, the state of Minnesota ordered all public employers to stop deducting “fair-share” fees from nonmember paychecks. But the state was silent…
The 2018 bill was supposed to immediately and miraculously drop the unfunded liability by billions while lowering the assumed rate of return and solve the funding crisis “for the next…
I get to talk to the hosts of Education Nation tonight about the one of my favorite topics: how the teachers’ union is a political organization using teachers’ dues to…
Teachers may want to think about where those dues go
Despite the freedom millions of government employees now have to choose for themselves whether to financially support a union, too many are bound by union resignation “windows” that limit when…
The Empire Strikes Back might just as well be showing in St. Paul, featuring legislators committed to helping Education Minnesota beat back teacher licensing reforms. Rep. Mary Kunesh-Podein, DFL-New Brighton…
The impact of Janus v. AFSCME on union membership losses in Minnesota is not fully known yet. In states that passed right-to-work laws prior to Janus, it took several years for…