A U.S. District Court has thrown out a petition filed by the National Right to Work Committee against CTA, effectively exposing it as a baseless political stunt.
Ruling from the bench, Judge James Ware denied a request for a temporary restraining order, stating that he was not willing to extend the law as the National Right to Work Foundation requested.
Proving that NRWC knew it didn't have a case and it had filed the action only to make headlines during the campaign, NRWC has withdrawn and dismissed "in its entirety" the lawsuit filed in September.
The lawsuit, says CTA President Barbara E. Kerr, was frivolous.
"It had no basis in fact or in law. It was simply a politically-motivated attempt to promote Proposition 75 in the November election and create the false impression that the initiative represented a struggle between union members and the union.
"In fact, Prop. 75 was supported by many of the same big corporations and wealthy individuals that bankroll the National Right to Work Committee."
Their ultimate goal, she adds, "was to silence the voices of teachers in the public policy debate so that they could pursue their agenda of cutting school funding and promoting private school vouchers without opposition."
