Will Swaim
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Public school officials, politicians and teacher union leaders are working secretly to make sure California teachers don’t understand their workplace rights — in several cases even deleting email from teachers’ inboxes. The information-suppression effort is revealed in multiple government documents obtained by the California Policy Center. In email exchanges on May 23, 2018, the documents show, Santa Ana teachers union President Barbara Pearson worked with technology staff in her district to block and delete any email encouraging teachers to resign their union membership.

Union leaders, government officials logged into teacher accounts to delete emails about Janus decision

Union leaders, government officials logged into teacher accounts to delete emails about Janus decision

Union leaders, government officials logged into teacher accounts to delete emails about Janus decision

Public school officials, politicians and teacher union leaders are working secretly to make sure California teachers don’t understand their workplace rights — in several cases even deleting email from teachers’ inboxes. The information-suppression effort is revealed in multiple government documents obtained by the California Policy Center. In email exchanges on May 23, 2018, the documents show, Santa Ana teachers union President Barbara Pearson worked with technology staff in her district to block and delete any email encouraging teachers to resign their union membership.

Independence for Kern Public Employees

Independence for Kern Public Employees

There are 47 traditional public-school districts and 11 incorporated cities in Kern County with employees represented by various public-sector unions. The County of Kern administers nine contracts with unions representing its employees. Plus, Kern is home to multiple state prisons each run by state employees, who are also represented by public-sector unions.