Union Report
The latest classroom, policy and politics news from America’s teachers unions, updated every Wednesday by Mike Antonucci
Opinion
Antonucci: In California, Mixed Signals From One Teachers Union Stalls a Ballot Initiative to Gut Prop 13 & Boost Education Funding, Punting Fight to 2020
Analysis
The California Teachers Association Slashes Budget by More Than $20 Million Ahead of Janus Supreme Court Ruling, Expects to Lose 23,000 Members
Opinion
Union Report: NEA Members Want More Say in How Union Decides Presidential Endorsements. But Leaders Are Refusing to Loosen Their Grip
Analysis
Antonucci: What If the Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Teachers Unions in the Janus Case?
Analysis
Exclusive: Ahead of a Key Supreme Court Decision, America’s Largest Teachers Union Slashes Budget by $50 Million, Projects That 300,000 Members May Leave
Analysis
How to Stage a Successful Teacher Strike in 4 Easy Steps
Analysis
Refusing to Leave $6M in Dues on the Table, NEA Confronts Complications as It Tries to Hold On to Las Vegas Teachers Union
Analysis
Vegas Split — Clark County Teachers Union Cuts Ties to National Education Association, Major Loss to Largest U.S. Labor Union
Analysis
Union Report — NEA Conference Reveals Disconnect Between How One Teachers Union Trains Its Staff vs. How It Talks in Public
Analysis
Oklahoma’s Teacher Walkout: How Did Something That Started So Right End So Wrong?
Opinion
Union Report: How Much Control Do Unions Have Over Teacher Walkouts in West Virginia, Kentucky, and Arizona? Not as Much as You’d Think
Opinion
Analysis — A Reality Check About the Education Labor Arms Race: Oklahoma & W. Virginia Are Not Game Changers. Neither Is Janus
Analysis
Nevada Union and Its Largest Local Could Be Headed For a Quickie Divorce
Analysis
Analysis: The National Education Association — a $1.6 Billion Enterprise With a Red-Ink Problem
Opinion
Antonucci: Never Heard of UniServ? It Holds the National Education Association Together — and Could Tear It Apart
Opinion
Why Teacher Strikes Aren’t Like Other Strikes (Hint: Teachers Often Get Paid)
Opinion
Through the Janus Looking Glass: What If Teachers Unions Respond to Lost Agency Fees by Refusing to Represent Non-Members?
Opinion
Union Report: In West Virginia, 15,000 Teachers Are Planning a Walkout. The Strike Is Illegal — but It Shouldn’t Be