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“In my mind a union’s purpose is to negotiate salaries and curriculum, yet my union neglected the students’ best interests.”

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John L. Hasten

“It is the politicians who created the pension problem along with the teacher union bosses.”

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Kim Breust Neilson

“One mom with a child with autism spoke up at the board meeting and said, ‘Instead of my child getting adequate speech services that he desperately needs, he has been taught how to put on a mask, how to wear a mask, how to keep his mask on his face.’”

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Jolene Stotler

“To work for UPS in Illinois, it’s mandatory to be a part of the Teamsters union. After being there for about four-and-a-half years, the Teamsters just created a very toxic environment, especially for a female to work in, so I quit.”

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Steve Lucie

“No one has ever come to me and told me a solid answer about why they want to mask children other than to say, ‘Well, that’s the state guideline.’”

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Holly Hasten Jarovsky

“We used to believe that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, and unfortunately now particularly in the educational environment that’s all we do.”

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Melissa Taylor

“Finally, I decided to apply for unemployment. I hesitated to apply before because I know there are people who might need it more, but we’re out of options.”

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Nick Poplawski

“Union leaders would say they didn’t like what Janus was doing, but we saw the merit to the other side saying, ‘This is your money. You should be able to decide where your money goes.’”

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Scott + Karen Dvorak

Scott Dvorak “I’m a father of eight kids. They range from like kindergarten to high school and there’s really no way that we can afford to pay for eight kids in Catholic school. My wife is a teacher with the Diocese, and I work in sales, so the scholarships have really helped our family. “They’re…