“If they don’t have a majority of the teachers who are actually signing up to pay dues, it should be decertified,” DeSantis said in Dec. 2022. “You shouldn’t be able to continue as a zombie organization that doesn’t have the support of the people you are supposedly negotiating for.”
Most observers were largely dismissive of DeSantis’ rhetoric at the time, arguing that his anti-union polemics pleased his base but would produce few tangible results.
But one year later, the Sunshine State’s largest and most powerful teachers union is now up against the wall.
Most observers were largely dismissive of DeSantis’ rhetoric at the time, arguing that his anti-union polemics pleased his base but would produce few tangible results.
But one year later, the Sunshine State’s largest and most powerful teachers union is now up against the wall.
Ron DeSantis law pushes United Teachers of Dade union to brink of extinction
The United Teachers of Dade — which represents 27,000 Miami school workers — has suddenly found itself scrambling for survival.
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