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Independence Institute Joins National Employee Freedom Week 0
- June 5, 2013
DENVER – Today, the Independence Institute announced its participation in National Employee Freedom Week, a first-of-its-kind national campaign to remind union members about the freedom they have to leave their unions. National Employee Freedom Week (NEFW), which will run from June 23-29, 2013, will highlight how unionized employees often don’t know they have the legal
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CO Observer Features Comment on Union Local Strategy 0
- May 1, 2013
In a story highlighting contentious negotiations in the Adams 12 school district, The Colorado Observer‘s Sunana Batra cites an Education Policy Center expert about the teachers union leadership’s strategy to resist local reforms: Critics believe the Colorado Education Association (CEA), of which the DTEA is a local affiliate, may be attempting to fight a pitched
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Amy Oliver Show: Adams 12 Union Resists Open Negotiations 0
- April 23, 2013
Norm Jennings, Adams 12 school board director, talks about the district’s efforts to bring discredited union accusations into the light by holding collective bargaining negotiations in full public view.
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Devil’s Advocate: Cage-Busting Education Leadership 0
- April 19, 2013
American Enterprise Institute education scholar Rick Hess and Douglas County School District superintendent Liz Fagen discuss the importance of strong leadership in bringing about effective education reform. Senior education policy analyst Ben DeGrow makes his debut as guest host.
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Adams 12 School Board Steps into the Light, Calls Union Leaders’ Bluff 0
- April 12, 2013
In response to the Adams 12 school board asking all employees to share a little more in paying for their pension contributions, teachers union leaders have organized protests and worked with a local TV news reporter to trump up phony, easily debunked charges. To help clear the air the board has asked to open bargaining negotiations to public view, but union leaders say they aren’t interested.
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Amy Oliver Show: Adams 12 Weathers Union Attacks 0
- April 9, 2013
Adams 12 board member Norm Jennings explains how teachers union leaders have collaborated with a local TV news investigative reporter to attack the district’s fiscally responsible solutions to budget challenges.
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