Posts tagged charter schools

    Press Release ● Labor Unions

    Busted: Teacher Union Bosses Caught Illegally Seizing Dues from California Charter School Educator

    March 2, 2022 // With free legal aid from the National Right to Work Legal Defense Foundation, a former teacher at Camino Nuevo Charter Academy in Los Angeles, California has received a refund of illegally seized union dues. The refund came after Foundation staff attorneys sent a letter to officials with the Camino Nuevo Teachers Association (CNTA), an affiliate of California Teachers Association (CTA), threatening legal action for violating the teacher’s First Amendment rights.

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    Op-ed / Commentary ● Unions

    Reject Union Bosses’ Push for More Power over Kids’ Education

    January 27, 2022 // Without school choice, parents and kids would have no option but to bear this top-down control, so it makes sense that citizens are leaving union-dominated government schools in record numbers. For much the same reason, teacher union bosses oppose giving parents choices like charter schools, because those options threaten union boss monopoly control over education.

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