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Tuesday, June 18, 2019

Teacher union shows membership numbers stabilizing but they can’t seem to get it right on presidential endorsements. – Fred Klonsky

Teacher union shows membership numbers stabilizing but they can’t seem to get it right on presidential endorsements. – Fred Klonsky

TEACHER UNION SHOWS MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS STABILIZING BUT THEY CAN’T SEEM TO GET IT RIGHT ON PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENTS.

Janus was supposed to spell the end of public employee unions.
When the Supreme Court ruled against the unions and ended the right to a union shop, membership was expected to decline.
The National Education Association’s Representative Assembly is meeting in a few weeks in Houston, Texas.
Unless there has been some recent change there will be no New Hampshire state delegation at the RA. They are protesting Texas’ anti-LGBTQ legislation.

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Notice in the NEA-NH newsletter.

There has been a similar call,  by me, not to attend the scheduled 2020 RA in Atlanta, Georgia.
If they can’t logistically move it, they should cancel it. Georgia is home to some of the CONTINUE READING: Teacher union shows membership numbers stabilizing but they can’t seem to get it right on presidential endorsements. – Fred Klonsky