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Marianno, Bradley D.; Strunk, Katharine O. – Education Next, 2018
In "Janus v. American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees, Council 31", the U.S. Supreme Court ended the practice of enabling public-sector unions to collect "fair-share" or "agency" fees from employees who decline to join. Although federal law prohibits requiring workers to join a union as a…
Descriptors: Unions, Activism, Fees, Union Members
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Antonucci, Mike – Education Next, 2010
The largest political campaign spender in America is not a megacorporation, such as Wal-Mart, Microsoft, or ExxonMobil. It isn't an industry association, like the American Bankers Association or the National Association of Realtors. It's not even a labor federation, like the AFL-CIO. If one combines the campaign spending of all those entities it…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Unions, Political Campaigns, Union Members
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Kaboolian, Linda – Education Next, 2006
According to Joe A. Stone of the University of Oregon, average students do better in classrooms with unionized teachers, but less able and more able students do not. While this particular assumption lacks empirical clarity, many administrators and school board members feel that it would be much easier to reform public education if teacher unions…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Boards of Education, Union Members, Unions