March 12, 2008 2:21PM # Taking It to the Teachers Unions By [Adam B. Schaeffer](https://www.cato.org/people/adam-b-schaeffer) --- SHARE The Center for Union Facts just rolled out a [national campaign](http://www.teachersunionexposed.com/) yesterday highlighting one of the primary functions of teachers unions; protecting bad teachers and keeping good ones down. From the [AP](http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2008Mar11/0,4670,TeacherUnionsTargeted,00.html): > Critics who say unions block education reforms and make it virtually impossible to fire bad teachers will offer 10 instructors it deems the nation’s worst $10,000 to quit their careers. > > > The Center for Union Facts, a Washington-based nonprofit, will launch a campaign Tuesday spending $1 million on ads and a billboard in New York’s Times Square. It also says it’s starting a Web site with data documenting how far unions go to protect bad teachers. > > > It’s also inviting nominations for a contest to determine the nation’s worst unionized teachers. The “winners” will be offered $10,000 each if they permanently resign or retire from any career in education — if they sign a release agreeing to have their name and the reasons for their selection published by the group. Enjoy watching the teachers union official [sweat](http://wcco.com/video/?id=39291@wcco.dayport.com) on local news. ##### Related Tags [Education](https://www.cato.org/education), [General](https://www.cato.org/general), [Center for Educational Freedom](https://www.cato.org/center-educational-freedom) [![Creative Commons License](/build/cato_2020/images/creative-commons.svg)](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/) This work is licensed under a [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).