When Clare Kelly and Trisha Connolly, Evanston teachers and delegates to last summer’s National Education Association’s Representative Assembly, offered their new business item which directed NEA “to make endorsements for political candidates at the national level through direct membership vote only,” it was pretty much doomed. Union democracy has its limits when it comes to […]
Hillary Clinton and NEA President Lily Eskelsen Garcia. An email from Clinton campaign chief John Podesta to Hillary Clinton described how things were not going smoothly for the NEA endorsement within the National Education Association leadership. The email was part of the Podesta WikiLeaks dump. Many among rank-and-file NEA members were critical of the early […]
Thousands protest and chase Donald Trump out of town when he tried to rally at the UIC Pavilion last March. Photo: Fred Klonsky When we went to protest Donald Trump at his planned rally at the University of Illinois Chicago campus last March it was because we recognized a fascist when we saw one. Thousands […]
Teacher unions smarting after many members vote for Trump https://t.co/98pc8L6wY3 — Greg Toppo (@gtoppo) November 23, 2016 USA Today ed writer Greg Toppo posted a tweet about the teacher unions “smarting” from the membership vote for Clinton and Trump. It is estimated 1 in 5 AFT members voted for Trump. They estimate 1 in 3 NEA […]
Fred Klonsky 