The Freedom Foundation’s ongoing effort to expose United Teachers of Los Angeles’s anti-Semitic bigotry clearly resonates with even the residents of the nation’s bluest state. Case in point, a Nov. 17 article in the California Globe minces no words. Even its headline, “Jewish teachers forced to pay dues to anti-Semitic labor union they don’t belong to,” identifies immediately the controversy at the heart of a lawsuit the Freedom Foundation filed against the union earlier this fall.

Freedom Foundation litigation counsel Shella Alcabes provides an assortment of choice quotes to the article’s author regarding the issues of religious liberty and freedom of association. She notes that these are not just being ignored, they are being intentionally trampled by UTLA and the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The Globe also includes many citations from the lawsuit itself, using information provided by the plaintiffs about the blatant anti-Semitic remarks made by UTLA speakers, members and even the union president herself. These run the gamut from expletives to obscene accusations — discourse promoted from the top down through the entire organization, all portrayed in lurid detail by the California Globe’s coverage of the story.

Sadly, it isn’t an isolated example. The same hatred and bigotry contaminate countless systems across the country.

It starts with union dogma leeching into our schools and other public institutions. As this lawsuit progresses and the true extent of UTLA’s depravity are shared by news outlets like the California Globe, more members will be inspired to speak out about the worsening treatment they see happening in their own unions.