Florida Teachers Say They Were ‘Coerced’ to Join Union Amid Membership Push

Two Florida teachers have accused a Miami-Dade County teachers union of strong-arming them into joining its ranks amid the state’s adoption of higher certification standards for unions. Two Nov. 13 complaints filed with the Florida Public Employees Relations Commission (PERC) and obtained by The Epoch Times charge that organizers for United Teachers of Dade (UTD) cornered two public school teachers during work hours to “coerce” them into joining and paying dues. In one case, a teacher who had recently resigned her UTD membership in July reported being asked by her school’s vice principal on Aug. 25 to go to the teachers’ lounge to meet with a UTD representative....