There’s a short intermission before we raise the curtain for the second act of “The OEA Staff Strike: The Empire Strikes Back.” While you’re scraping the Milk Duds off your shoes, take a look at Bill Turque’s latest report about the takeover of the Washington Teachers Union by the American Federation of Teachers (background here).

U.S. District Court Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly ruled AFT failed to hold a proper hearing before taking an unreasonable “emergency action” against the DC local. The administratorship could be reestablished if AFT follows the required procedures.

Coming on the heels of the Labor Department ruling on the AFT takeover in Portland, it seems the pendulum for AFT action has swung to the other extreme, after the national union’s dilatory attitude toward Barbara Bullock and Pat Tornillo in years past.