Juliana Broad is a freelance researcher and writer. She has worked as a labor organizer and strategic researcher with unions in a variety of sectors, including higher education, healthcare, and property services. At the University of Cambridge, she earned a master’s degree in the history and philosophy of science as a Gates Scholar.
Starting Tuesday, public school teachers in one of the country’s largest school districts began voting on whether to keep their current union—a longstanding local affiliate of a national teachers union—or join a newly formed employee organization that has the financial backing of a notorious anti-union advocacy group. The vote is a test case for a novel experiment: whether a group dedicated to dismantling public sector unions can successfully seed a competing union.
Teachers have until September 24 to cast their votes.“Unlike UTD, MDEC’s founding principles protect our independence from outside affiliations,” the organization contends. “MDEC is its own legal entity, and no outside organization has control over our local union.”According to an FAQ on its website, MDEC insists that it is accepting “outside resources” from the Freedom Foundation “solely for the duration of the campaign.
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