Keith Williams

Coercion ≠ Consent | 20+ Yr Public HS Teacher & XC Coach | Labor Union Consultant | 9-11-01 Recovery & Wilderness SAR | Life’s an adventure. Dare greatly. 🇺🇸

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

By the time many teachers retire, they will have spent well over $30,000 on union dues to your (or NEA’s) bloated, top-down lobbyist group.

I challenge ANY teacher to show me how their classroom is better off today—their profession less burdensome and bureaucratic—than when they began thanks to the thousands of dollars spent on AFT or NEA.

Funding corporate big labor is the definition of insanity.

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

@JewTLA Sounds like many UTLA members might want another representational option on the table.

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

7 years ago, I wrote about the NEA's attempts to prevent locals from breaking away. Like a toddler playing Chutes & Ladders, they changed the rules when the game wasn't going their way. They knew this day was coming and continued to double down on failed promises, poor representation, and placing social agendas over member interests. https://t.co/dHzFy709P6

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

Teachers in 30 Kansas school districts have rejected the @NEAToday in favor of their own independent locals.
More coming.

[Center for Independent Employees @Liberty_At_Work]

Celebrating a Major Milestone:

Toto, the NEA is not in 30 Kansas School Districts Anymore

https://t.co/vRnrVVuWbw

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

The rise of finance unionism. The more Corporate Big Labor accrues and diversifies assets, the less it cares about members’ concerns…or dues.

https://t.co/mtKudHybWL

[Mark Janus @markjanusLJC]

So LA teacher union negotiated a raise. But layoffs are on the horizon as LA schools are underwater. Seems logical to me except where are the unions going to get the dues $$ they lose by layoffs? Didn't think this through did you?

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

@markjanusLJC The rise of finance unionism. The more they accrue and diversify assets, the less they care about members’ concerns…or dues.

https://t.co/mtKudHybWL

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

Me watching wonks create “teacher advocacy groups” run by career politicians and lobbyists who’ve spent the last 15 years talking smack about those same teachers.

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

@CTULocal1 Coercion is not solidarity. Cute “flex” though. 🙄

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

MOST teachers are tired of the politicization of the classroom — both sides.

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

This is why I’ll be working with local teachers’ unions number 47 and 48 to remove the NEA and become independent locals.

https://t.co/nrnr2pBEpv

[Nicki Neily @nickineily]

@DefendingEd Full piece in @CityJournal:

https://t.co/PdS2rwfOWw

[Center for Independent Employees @Liberty_At_Work]

This is no April Fool’s Joke.
https://t.co/zSVM3BufYf

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

Members of UTLA may want to reconsider their representational options. Have working conditions improved based on those unions dues you’ve been paying to UTLA?

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

Surely, UTLA and LAUSD admin wouldn’t be complicit in a smoke and mirrors game of “negotiations” at the expense of teachers…🍿…🥤…

[Jennifer Van Laar @jenvanlaar]

📢CONFLICT OF INTEREST ALERT… LAUSD Acting Superintendent Andres Chait, who’s currently leading the district’s negotiations with the unions and trying to avert a strike, is the brother-in-law of *TWO* UTLA leaders (Secondary VP Alex Orozco and Director Victoria Casas) and married to a teacher who’s a UTLA member?

That’s right. Chait’s wife, Laura Chait Orozco, is Alex Orozco’s sister, according to multiple LAUSD sources, who say that the relationship is well-known among employees though not openly discussed. Laura, a 4th grade teacher at Topeka Street Charter in Northridge, is also a UTLA member.

Alex is married to UTLA Director and LAUSD teacher Victoria Casas. https://t.co/z8hb8ks2Iv

Orozco is UTLA’s healthcare bargaining lead and one of its top organizers, so Chait is essentially negotiating with his brother-in-law on a contract that he and his in-laws will directly and indirectly benefit from - and could "allow" a strike that could serve to build his in-laws’ political careers.

[Center for Independent Employees @Liberty_At_Work]

Florida Teacher Wins Landmark Union Case Expanding Due Process Statewide.

Center for Independent Employees Secures Ruling Establishing New Accountability Standard for Public-Sector Unions

https://t.co/8agNGwMkqa

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

Just another day for the NEA, laser focused on wages hours and working conditions of teachers.

The latest text from Becky Pringle:

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

https://t.co/1J5nOa0zyQ

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

The victory won praise from across the country. “This ruling is accountability in action,” said Freedom Foundation CEO Aaron Withe in a release. “Congratulations to Kelley LaBedz and her legal team at the Center for Independent Employees." @Liberty_At_Work

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Freedom Foundation is proud to fight for educators like LaBedz, and we are thrilled to have achieved a ruling that is accountability in action.

https://t.co/bKIt27l5NL

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

And @Liberty_At_Work is proud and thrilled to have the privilege of representing our client -- Kelley LaBedz -- winning this case, and putting bullies in their place. Thanks for highlighting our work at The Center for Independent Employees.

https://t.co/1J5nOa0zyQ

[Freedom Foundation @FreedomFdtn]

Freedom Foundation is proud to fight for educators like LaBedz, and we are thrilled to have achieved a ruling that is accountability in action.

https://t.co/bKIt27l5NL

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

The victory won praise from across the country. “This ruling is accountability in action,” said @FreedomFdtn CEO @AaronWithe in a release. “Congratulations to Kelley LaBedz and her legal team at the Center for Independent Employees.”

[Center for Independent Employees @Liberty_At_Work]

Florida Teacher Wins Landmark Union Case Expanding Due Process Statewide.

Center for Independent Employees Secures Ruling Establishing New Accountability Standard for Public-Sector Unions

https://t.co/8agNGwMkqa

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

The complaint even references reports of a so called “hit list” of educators who had spoken out about district practices.
Teachers repeatedly sought assistance from UTLA during this period. Emails show requests for union intervention, legal representation, and meetings with union leadership to address the retaliation.
According to the complaint, those requests went unanswered.
No formal grievance was filed.
No union defense was initiated.

https://t.co/OHZVJPLts8

[Keith Williams @Liberty_In_Ed]

@JamesAFurey