Public Sector Union abuse and intimidation - with Rebecca Friedrichs and Aaron Withe - Ep 8

Behind the Curtain with Jeff Reynolds

Welcome in to Episode 8 of the Behind the Curtain Podcast with Jeff Reynolds. This week’s episode features two guests who have made national news by standing up to the public sector unions. Both guests dovetail with my book, Behind the Curtain, because they examine the tactics and funding of the extreme left that few people get to see. By taking on the powerful and corrupt public sector unions, they expose themselves to all manners of bullying, abuse, and intimidation.

My first guest is Rebecca Friedrichs, a teacher with a 28 year career in California. Rebecca recently published a book about her experiences fighting the California teachers unions that saw her come to the very brink of going down in Supreme Court history before the unfortunate early demise of Justice Antonin Scalia. The book relays Rebecca’s testimony, along with the testimony of over 50 teachers that she interviewed to give a broad look at how teachers unions betray their members. It’s called Standing Up To Goliath: Battling State and National Teachers’ Unions for the Heart and Soul of Our Kids and Country. It’s available on Amazon now. Rebecca also talks to me about why she founded For Kids and Country, a non-profit website that provides resources to teachers nationwide, in a post-Janus world, on how to escape their union. It also provides resources for parents to opt out of radical sex education curriculums being pushed for kids at ever younger ages. The website is forkidsandcountry.org.

Rebecca also recorded a bonus segment exclusively for our Patreon patrons. She goes into greater depth about how her union bullied her at every turn, what their true motivations are, and what she’s doing now to help teachers all over the country fight back. Subscribers get access to this kind of exclusive material and many other features. Check it out at patreon.com/BehindTheCurtainWithJeffReynolds.

My second guest is Aaron Withe, Oregon Director of the Freedom Foundation. Aaron and I discuss what’s going on in Salem, and how the unions are pushing blatantly unconstitutional bills to protect their revenue flow in a post-Janus world. He talks about how the Freedom Foundation will fight these affronts to a free society – seriously folks, you won’t believe how brazen the unions have been in their attempts to get their Democratic friends to do their bidding in this legislative session. Learn more about the Freedom Foundation at freedomfoundation.org.

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I’m happy to report that my book continues to generate buzz. It’s called Behind the Curtain: Inside the Network of Progressive Billionaires and their Campaign to Undermine Democracy. This weekend, I will be signing copies and hosting a cigar happy hour at the Dorchester Conference, which is being held in Welches, Oregon this year. Search for it in stores, or online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Simon and Schuster. It’s available in hardback, Kindle, or Nook Now. Learn more at WhoOwnsTheDems.org.

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