Posted on Apr 12, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Ben Smith (nice scoop) reports that Andy Stern is rumored to be leaving the Service Employees International Union. Here’s my question: Will Stern be “spending more time with his family”? That, of course, is the classic excuse Washington, D.C. politicos give for being forced out of their jobs. Sam Stein reports that Stern wants to […]
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An SEIU Executive VP says what he really thinks about some white union members.
Posted on Apr 09, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
You put your support for card check in, you pull your support of card check out, you put your support for card check in and you get the union endorsement. From the AP: Cal Cunningham said in an interview with The Associated Press that he supports elections as the sole way for there to be […]
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Just when I thought “card check” was a dead letter, I’m reminded that states across the country have passed card check mandates for public sector workers. Now it appears that the Illinois Teachers union has taken it a step further, forcing card check on Chicago charter schools. I wonder how that works with respect to […]
Posted on Apr 08, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Higher public sector unionization means higher public sector debt (speaking of the debt, have you seen our sister organization, the Employment Policies Institute’s Defeat the Debt campaign?). Labor unions generally ignore the connection, or claim its caused by something else, but when public sector employees are draining state coffers, like California’s, into deeper debt, it’s […]
Posted on Apr 07, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
President Obama may have called for a doubling of U.S. exports within the next five years, but that will become increasingly difficult, thanks to another policy, according to the Wall Street Journal: At the same time, [Obama] has moved to curb trade in certain areas under pressure from Congress and unions. But the web of […]
Posted on Apr 06, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson
Here’s a snippet from an OpEd we had in today’s Washington Examiner: “Thirty-seven states as well as the District failed to qualify for its share of President Obama’s $4.3 billion “Race to the Top” education fund. The reason? In a contest evaluating the state’s plans for educational reform, continued opposition from teachers unions has slowed […]
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Now this is what I call bad news. This happens to be why firefighters and police officers can be part of unions–just no striking. Because people get hurt. From the National Bureau of Economic Research: “Controlling for hospital specific heterogeneity, patient demographics and disease severity, the results show that nurses’ strikes increase in-hospital mortality by […]
