State papers blast WEA & NEA

WEA recently claimed their attack ads on EFF "resonated" with the public. The union was right. Below are some excerpts from newspaper editorials that show just how the attack resonated:

Yakima Herald-Republic
WEA only hurts members with smear campaign (4/11)
"We feel badly for all the teachers who are embarrassed and who feel embarrassed for their profession by this unprofessional conduct by their state union officials."

The Columbian
Teachers' union earns detention (4/11)
"Only in the completely distorted thinking of some union leaders is a privately financed think-tank organization a greater threat to democracy than forced unionism."

"The most important point is, EFF does all this by combining forces with and accepting voluntary donations form like-minded individuals and groups…That is far more honorable and credible than forcing support and dues for one's agenda, as the WEA and NEA do."

Seattle Post-Intelligencer
PDC wrong to suggest state can't afford NEA case (4/15)
"The concept behind the state law (I-134) is a sound one. Public school employees compelled to join or fund the union should have a say in how the union spends their money to advance political agendas - agendas with which they might not agree."

The Chronicle
Personal attack ad by teachers union despicable (4/16)
"You don't have to be a supporter of the Evergreen Freedom Foundation to conclude that a new attack on it and its leader by the Washington Education Association is despicable."

"The union hacks who came up with this trash against Williams ought to be ashamed for setting such a lousy example for students under the charge of WEA members…It's one more reason to withhold dues."

"The real issue is seeing to it that these militant state and national unions comply with the law."

Bellingham Herald
PDC decision is just plain wrong (4/22)
"Essentially forcing someone to pay dues to an organization accused of not using the money the way it's supposed to is a serious charge and deserves to be investigated as one - and not on the back of a small foundation."

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