Unions in America

* forced dues
* public education
* National Education Association
* American Federation of Teachers
* The Heritage Foundation
* lobbying
* voter fraud
* tenure
* merit pay

* "forced union dues inhibit growth" National Institute for Labor Relations Research
* forced union dues
* Big Labor
* incentive
* class warfare
* rigid work rules
* the "hate the boss" mentality
* power over employees
* private- and public-sector employees
* exclusive bargaining agent
* state Right to Work law
* personal freedom of choice
* full productive potential
* demographic and economic indicators
* young- adult migration

* paycheck protection
* taking money for political purposes
* the chance to opt out of paying for the political causes of education unions
* payroll deduction
* education unions
* study of teachers unions, Special Interest: Teachers Unions and Americaâ€™s Public Schools, Terry Moe
* teachers unions
* uncoordinated expenditures
* get-out-the-vote efforts
* campaign ads
* the Reason Foundation
* California Teachers Association
* ballot initiatives

* education reforms
* healthcare reform measures

* Washington, D.C. Mayor Adrian Fenty
* school chancellor, Michelle Rhee
* bad teachers

* teachers unions can both mobilize voters and spend huge sums of money to defeat ballot initiatives and candidates that they don't like.
* the politics of American education
* union bosses
* political agendas
* Beck rights