Ninety-nine percent of Connecticut's teachers are union members, the highest rate in the nation according to a new national study by the Fordham Institute ranking the state's teachers' unions as the 17th strongest in the nation.
This report by the conservative policy group also notes that every teacher pays $517 in mandatory union fees each year. One out of every $50 donated to state political parties in Connecticut came from state teachers' unions, the 14th highest rate in the nation.
The Institute points to Gov. Dannel P. Malloy's "partial success" in reforming education as proof of the power the Connecticut Education Association, the largest teachers' union, enjoys.
"Malloy may have learned a valuable lesson here: It's important to play nice with the CEA," the report concludes.
The five states with the strongest unions include Hawaii, Oregon, Montana, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island.
Actually, the report lists teacher union strength in Connecticut as #17 among all states. Does that really rate "among the strongest in the nation" billing?
It is one of the reasons the state is in such fiscal trouble. The unions fund the Democrats and the Democrats given them anything they want. The taxpayer pays.
It is illegal for union dues to be used for political contributions, campaign contributions, etc. NO NEA, CEA OR LOCAL DUES ARE USED FOR POLITICAL OR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS. ZERO. NEA does have a seperate fund for which it solicits voluntary contributions which are used politically but this article is not only misleading but is blatantly false.
Unions, espercially teacher's unions, are the most powerful and most damaging unions in all of America. They always claim they are in support of America's children. That's utter nonsense. They're in it for themselves ... and nothing more.
Teacher's unions are the reason that states (espcially states controlled by Demcrat legislatures, like Connecticut) are in such dire straits financially with huge unfunded debt obligations driven by gold-plated salaries, pension plans and healthcare benefits. Oh, and did I mention tenure? "Want to fire me because I'm not doing my job? Good luck with that. Talk to my shop steward."
What other 'profession' can you think of where the so-called 'professionals' need to have a union to protect their sinecure positions, while their work product has a 50% (and often higher) rate of failure? Can anyone imagine a doctor where 50% of their patients died after treatment? An aeronautical engineer whhere 50% of their designs fell out of the sky? A civil engineer where 50% of his building and bridges collapsed? How long would such a professional last with such results?
A unionized "profession"? Teachers?
Don't make me laugh.
PS: And to top it all off, most of what they 'teach' is actually more accurately described as political indoctrination.
I strongly disagree with most all of the above Mr. Logical statements....[However, I cannot disagree with the last PS reference line, as teachers, God bless their hearts, collectively are capable of being some of the most blatantly PC folks on the Planet (VS. the unfortunately more rare manifestations of eminently fair & balanced perspectives on American-related curriculum issues de jour)......As a parent of two public school educated children, believe me, I witness it all of the time]........Perhaps they are simply scared to do so, thus the very real need for union protection! (...just saying...)
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