Bush’s expansion ofthe welfare state. … committed to scaling back the welfare state or the nanny state. … to be state sponsors of terror have joined CWC prior to submitting the instrument of ratification.…
I ofthe Missouri Constitution, shall be guilty of a class D felony. … A month into thestate Legislature’s session, hearings on bills that aim to make Missouri the latest right-to-work state have been … state would be able to cast off the dark cloud of forced unionism to better compete for jobs.
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“Truth isn’…
workers the freedom to opt out of paying union dues. … Questioned about workplace freedom after the topic came up at the group’s February 19 “Stateofthe Worker” press conference, We Are … We Are Ohio intentionally scheduled this press conference before the governor’s StateoftheState address to capture maximum media…
The behavior ofthe Republicans majority leadership in the House reminds me ofthe last paragraph in Animal Farm. … McCarthy on CNN’s “StateoftheUnion.” … Congressman Matt Salmon, a veteran ofthe class of ’94, is leading the way.…
get themselves, it’s Friday and here are your Union Briefs…
The Politics of Victimology: SEIU claims future market-based wages will … for those jobs, but the proposal would disproportionately affect the earning power of women and minorities, union officials told city … But perhaps the biggest blow to the AEA came last week when thestate legislature passed the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, which…
Court of Appeals for the D.C. … At publication, SEA – a local ofthe Ohio Education Association (OEA) – remains on strike, as the teachers union has been since March … But the United Auto Workers is reminding the company that theunion may go to the ends ofthe earth itself in its long-term attempt…
The Congress that passed the Wagner Act of 1935 contemplated a board of “impartial government employees.” … theunion began an expected strike after eleventh-hour talks at the end of months of contract negotiations fell through in late February … Purple People Eaters: SEIU continues plan to strike Univ. of Illinois
The local chapter ofthe Service Employees International Union…
The governments of what we typically refer to as The West are following a set of economic policies and a set of immigration policies … to keep the doors of immigration closed to the entrance of certain aliens whose condition is known to be detrimental to the stamina … Some ofthe uglier parts of his agenda follow below. The ideals sync up nicely with Woodrow Wilson’s Progressive buddies D.W.…
Unlike the unions featured, today’s edition ofUnion Briefs is not directly or indirectly subsidized through your tax dollars. … pay in the event of a furlough.” … Teachers say union cheated on first test of Michigan Right-to-Work law
Three Michigan school teachers allege theunion representing…
the Left to turn the “red” stateof Colorado “blue” within a short period of time–two election cycles. … When looking at the great stateof Texas, with 38 electoral college votes, it is one ofthe last big strongholds of Republican dominance … Georgia is also on the Left’s radar screen:
Democrats are adopting a strategy to retake thestate in 2018, leaving control ofthe…
Here are just a few “briefs” ofunion-related news buzzing around the internet from the last several days:
AFL-CIO’s boss admits union … The boycott is just one ofthe many tactics being deployed by the UNITE-HERE union as it tries to recruit new dues payers at various … These are employees whose official job is to handle internal NLRB union activities exclusively, rather than carrying out any ofthe…
Such was case when Barack Obama, during his StateoftheUnion speech, declared that he wanted to raise the minimum wage to raise the … In some cases, compression (or inequity) increases the risk of a fight or flee phenomonon–disgruntlement culminating in union organizing … campaigns or, in the case of flee, higher turnover as the result of employees quitting.…
comment period, after which theState Department will issue a final environmental report before Secretary ofState John Kerry makes … In spite ofthe President’s StateoftheUnion rhetoric, we had already begun to notice significant foot-dragging from Federal agencies … Bobby Jindal is proposing the elimination of 25 state boards, most of which are inactive or could be integrated into other state operations…
SEA recently resumed its earlier practice of holding protests outside the homes of school board members, who theunion claims are pushing … thestate and Council 31 ofthe American Federation ofState, County and Municipal Employees, the less there is to like. … with the National Federation of Nurses union.…
In Friday’s edition ofUnion Briefs, you were provided with a compilation ofthe problems surrounding Barack Obama’s then-purported … David Vitter announced his commitment to block the nomination of Thomas Perez as Secretary ofthe Labor Department until the Department … ofthe law – the side that specifically benefits the politics ofthe president and his administration at the expense of identity security…
You can watch the video ofthe speech here.
Sen. Cruz began by responding to Sen. … , as well as Article VI ofthe Constitution. … And yet there was my father, sitting in the gallery, looking down as I took the oath of office.”…
The New York state budget currently under negotiation may be remembered years from now as the beginning ofthe end for many small towns … PPS: Lest you think that I’m ignoring the NY GOP’s role in all of this… I’m not. … I’m from the Northeast myself, but goodness gracious: most ofthestate parties (on both sides) are fairly useless……
Now that Solis is gone, the Obama Administration has floated the name of a replacement and his name is Thomas Perez. … next Secretary ofthe Department of Labor. … The validity of all board decisions made since the so-called recess appointments hangs on legal wrangling, but in the meantime, at…
Unsurprisingly, public sector labor unions, who receive union dues from thestate liquor store workers, have opposed this plan. … But a recent poll (conducted by FM3) found more than 3 out of 5 Pennsylvania voters support privatizing the 80-year-old state store … his actions and those ofthe other protesters were justified.…
It’s Wednesday, March 13, 2013, and here are your union briefs…
NLRB to seek top court review of recess appointments ruling…
The … to a resolution in favor of “common sense immigration reform,” at the request ofthe national AFL-CIO. … Thestate labor federation is made up of affiliated unions with a combined membership of 104,000, not counting the Working America…
elections, Illinois settles a pension problem (sort of), and the SEIU is in Day Two of its strike at the University of Illinois. … AFSCME pension plan targets Hewlett-Packard…
Florida State Board of Administration, Tallahassee, and the American Federation ofState … Senate campaign on the TV station in the Boston market because of an ongoing contract dispute between that station and some union employees…
oftheState in which the work is to be performed, or in the District of Columbia if the work is to be performed there. … does not have a pension plan or a health plan that is similar in costs to a union plan (the amount dictated by the Department of Labor … equivalent of what they negotiate into union contracts, in most cases, there will be nothing for them to sell theunion-free workers…
This reporting is a violation of Vladimir’s First Rule of Oil Spills: The volume ofthe spill is always reported by the press in gallons … The boom in the Bakken Oil Shale of western North Dakota has greatly increased the volume of crude oil being moved by rail. … thestate last year.…
David Williams, President ofThe Taxpayers Protection Alliance said, “We applaud the actions ofthe local rank and file Teamsters who … The radical leftist leader ofthe Chicago Teachers Union, Karen Lewis, is known for her rather…er…robust rhetoric. … ’s union is picketing in front of this vital and important project to the City of Saginaw.…
“Some ofthe parts ofthe bill are commendable, however there a number of things of great concern in this bill,” said Larsen, who has … Johnston claims the bill, the first major school finance act in thestateof Colorado since 1994, will help school districts financially … This new formula for the class enrollment count would require thestateof Colorado to tweak its current system of counting students…
