The new law passed in Florida requires unions to have 60% Dues paying members and the Largest Teacher's Union in the State is short. They are at 58% and have just a few days to get up to 60% or else they will be decertified.

It appears DeSantis has literally broken the most powerful leftist power source in the country: the teacher’s union.

A new FL state law is jeopardizing the future of Florida’s largest teacher’s union.https://t.co/Fx3OgQnw97

— Melissa Blasek (@MelissablasekNH) November 20, 2023

Someone again remind me the last time Trump actually hurt the left. Had to be before 2020.

aTmAg said:

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Why the hell is a state certifying a union at all? Not that it's DeSantis's fault, I assume that's been in place forever.

But what privileges does having a union certified get them? Why not just eliminate union certification altogether?

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Since the public schools are state agencies, the union has to be certified to be the collective bargaining agent for the collective bargaining group.

I'm in Lake County (next-door to Orlando). We keep hearing from our union about how they are about to lose their certification as well. Last I heard we were below 50% membership. Fine by me. They keep playing this game that we will never have a contract again. I have no idea what it's gonna look like, when they are no longer the collective bargaining agent, but I also know they have been completely and totally useless.

Funny story: when I first started teaching in 2003, my wife and I were completely broke. We had just moved to Florida from College Station for me to take this job. we were living with her aunt about an hour away from where I worked and went to a couple of months without paychecks since we left our jobs with UCS. On the second day of the new teacher orientation, I knew I had enough gas in my truck to get down to where I need to be, but I did not have enough gas to get back home. The teachers union came and gave their pitch to all of us new teachers and told us that membership was $20 per paycheck but they would cover our first set of dues by paying us $20 cash on the spot to sign up. That was all the convincing I needed because I knew that was gas money to get me back home. I ended up quitting the union later when they kept sending me John Kerry campaign materials.

Here's the full legislation in reference, and I see notjing in there I disagree with. The fact that the teachers unions were so against this tells me just how crooked they are.

Senate Bill 256

* Prohibits teachers' unions from using government resources to have dues deducted directly from employee paychecks.
* Requires unions to notify members of the costs of membership.
* Requires a union to represent at least 60% of employees increasing from the current 50%.
* Allows state investigations into unions suspected of fraud, waste, and abuse.
* Requires annual audits and financial disclosures for unions.
* Prohibits any union from offering anything of value to a public official in collective bargaining negotiations.

Part of the problem for teacher's unions is DeSantis is giving teacher's one raise after another and more and more incentives. They invest in teaching and education there. So it really hurts the sales pitch for the unions when the teachers are already being treated well.