Florida teachers’ union accused of strong-arming
educators to join in effort to boost lagging numbers

Nazi party mentality, with a strong streak of Marxism. They have become Godless servants of Satan.

Unions acting like mafia thugs? Thats never happened before. I just cant believe it.

While in high school, I worked in a grocery store. On day one, the union guy was in my face telling me to join the union. I refused. I was a part time employee who needed every dollar I earned. That's when the verbal abuse started. The union leaders were parasites who lived off of the union members.

My wife's personal experience with teachers' unions, both as a long-time teacher and principal (now retired); they are nothing more than legalized organized crime.

The teachers unions have become the strong-arm wing of the government education system. They are dangerously hive-minded, and not the brightest bulbs in the socket. They are motivated by the same thing most people in power are motivated by…money.

Hey Teachers, is it FOR the Children or FOR the Union Thugs? It's time to choose and you better be RIGHT!

Every fall during school opening meetings, the local NEA rep would get up and give the song and dance about the value of the local bargaining unit. So, I asked one time if I could join the local unit without paying dues to NEA. Flatly, no. It’s all or none. Subsequently, I joined a group that was much more in line with my political and social views. The next year, the rep stood up and began his pitch. This time, he began to rail against the new group that so many people were joining, bad-mouthing members. I listened for a minute, then raised my voice to stop him. You could have heard a pin hit the carpet. They are so used to being unchallenged that the stunned silence of my colleagues, several who belonged to the same organization as I, was amazing. I proceeded to tell him that bad-mouthing the organization to which I belonged was out of line. That if he wants to point out differences, then fine, but don’t run down an organization that is diametrically opposed to the social-political agenda of the NEA. He stuttered and stammered, finishing with the equivalent of a wet human methane emission. Within a week I was known as the guy who had an opinion. It cracked me up. Education is so full of cowards. Many value the security of their jobs over what is right. Later, I had occasion to speak with the NEA rep. We were not so far apart on several issues, but disagreed on who should be performing the tasks associated with them. In subsequent years he never ran down my organization in my presence. If you want to change education at the grassroots, then support alternative teacher organizations that promote the values you believe in. It isn’t the school boards that make the big difference. They don’t hire, they can only fire after a long, arduous process. Make sure that your local teachers have access to alternatives to the NEA of AFT. You have to hurt those two evil units where it hurts - membership. Because, membership=$$$$$, $$$$=power, power+$$$$=ownership of your children’s minds.