Feb 26, 2013 – 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 “State of the Worker” press conference, We Are … We Are Ohio intentionally scheduled this press conference before the governor’s State of the State address to capture maximum media…

Mar 11, 2013 – The behavior of the Republicans majority leadership in the House reminds me of the last paragraph in Animal Farm.  … McCarthy on CNN’s “State of the Union.” … Congressman Matt Salmon, a veteran of the class of ’94, is leading the way.…

Mar 8, 2013 – 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 the state legislature passed the Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, which…

Mar 7, 2013 – Court of Appeals for the D.C. … At publication, SEA – a local of the 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 the union may go to the ends of the earth itself in its long-term attempt…

Mar 6, 2013 – The Congress that passed the Wagner Act of 1935 contemplated a board of “impartial government employees.” … the union 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 of the Service Employees International Union…

Mar 5, 2013 – 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 of the uglier parts of his agenda follow below. The ideals sync up nicely with Woodrow Wilson’s Progressive buddies D.W.…

Mar 5, 2013 – Unlike the unions featured, today’s edition of Union 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 the union representing…

Mar 4, 2013 – the Left to turn the “red” state of Colorado “blue” within a short period of time–two election cycles. … When looking at the great state of Texas, with 38 electoral college votes, it is one of the last big strongholds of Republican dominance … Georgia is also on the Left’s radar screen: Democrats are adopting a strategy to retake the state in 2018, leaving control of the…

Mar 3, 2013 – Here are just a few “briefs” of union-related news buzzing around the internet from the last several days: AFL-CIO’s boss admits union … The boycott is just one of the 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 of the…

Mar 3, 2013 – Such was case when Barack Obama, during his State of the Union 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.…

Mar 2, 2013 – comment period, after which the State Department will issue a final environmental report before Secretary of State John Kerry makes … In spite of the President’s State of the Union 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…

Mar 19, 2013 – SEA recently resumed its earlier practice of holding protests outside the homes of school board members, who the union claims are pushing … the state and Council 31 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, the less there is to like. … with the National Federation of Nurses union.…

Mar 18, 2013 – In Friday’s edition of Union Briefs, you were provided with a compilation of the problems surrounding Barack Obama’s then-purported … David Vitter announced his commitment to block the nomination of Thomas Perez as Secretary of the Labor Department until the Department … of the law – the side that specifically benefits the politics of the president and his administration at the expense of identity security…

Mar 17, 2013 – You can watch the video of the speech here. Sen. Cruz began by responding to Sen. … , as well as Article VI of the Constitution. … And yet there was my father, sitting in the gallery, looking down as I took the oath of office.”…

Mar 16, 2013 – The New York state budget currently under negotiation may be remembered years from now as the beginning of the 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 of the state parties (on both sides) are fairly useless……

Mar 15, 2013 – Now that Solis is gone, the Obama Administration has floated the name of a replacement and his name is Thomas Perez. … next Secretary of the 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…

Mar 14, 2013 – Unsurprisingly, public sector labor unions, who receive union dues from the state 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 of the other protesters were justified.…

Mar 13, 2013 – 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 of the national AFL-CIO. … The state labor federation is made up of affiliated unions with a combined membership of 104,000, not counting the Working America…

Mar 12, 2013 – 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 of State … Senate campaign on the TV station in the Boston market because of an ongoing contract dispute between that station and some union employees…

Mar 30, 2013 – of the State 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 the union-free workers…

Mar 30, 2013 – This reporting is a violation of Vladimir’s First Rule of Oil Spills: The volume of the 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. … the state last year.…

Mar 28, 2013 – David Williams, President of The Taxpayers Protection Alliance said, “We applaud the actions of the local rank and file Teamsters who … The radical leftist leader of the 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.…

Mar 27, 2013 – “Some of the parts of the 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 the state of Colorado since 1994, will help school districts financially … This new formula for the class enrollment count would require the state of Colorado to tweak its current system of counting students…

Mar 27, 2013 – Union fatcat alert… AmSpec: Lifestyles of the Rich and Unionized The San Francisco Bay Area is home to some of most wealthy retirees … When Mosher hesitated, suspicion grew, said Frank Bragg, a state representative for the United Steelworkers International Union. … Relatedly… The Union Tax: How Unions Kill Jobs The Myth of Union Job Security Chicago Traffic Alert: This afternoon: Teachers…

Mar 26, 2013 – This week the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on same California’s Prop 8 and a section of the Defense of Marriage Act which … In suing over “marriage” itself one is demanding that God change His definition of the union between a man and a woman. … influence of the church.…