Posted on Jul 27, 2007 by Jon Berry
This week’s Washington City Paper ran a fascinating cover story on the Washington Teachers Union and WTU president George Parker’s apparent willingness to talk about real education reform. As City Paper senior editor Mike DeBonis writes: “I think unions in general have to step up to the plate and give educating children a high priority,” […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
“It is not within the power of United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger to save GM, Ford and Chrysler. But it is certainly within his power to kill them,” according to an op-ed in today’s Wall Street Journal. Reason Foundation analyst Shikha Dalmia writes today: UAW workers still enjoy a health-care deal that no one […]
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The continuing saga of voter registration fraud by employees of the union-funded group ACORN took another turn yesterday. After removing nearly 1,800 fake voter registrations, prosecutors in Washington State have indicted seven former ACORN employees for filing those false forms. The Secretary of State said at a press conference that, “This is the worst case […]
Posted on Jul 26, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
There you go again, ACORN. Time and again union-funded ACORN says it’s not responsible for the fraud committed by its own staff. It’s apparently not enough that in at least 13 states ACORN employees have been connected with potential voter registration fraud. The group’s questionable activities in two counties in Washington State continue to put […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
That’s the question over at Employer Report’s blog, where former UFCW organizer and official Rian Wathen posts: Prior to this contract, UFCW made it sound like HSAs were a tool of the devil. But when they decide to negotiate them, it is a “huge victory for grocery workers”. Read the whole thing.
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
We came across an interesting tidbit today. It seems that on Tuesday’s date in 1997, “Union members from the Beloit area are picketing the new Beloit Wal-Mart store, which doesn’t have union employees.” My, how things haven’t changed! It’s a good reminder that union bosses will keep plugging away when they are faced with the […]
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From the Willamette Week: After nearly a month of online raging about Service Employees International Union Local 503 president Joe DiNicola seeking overtime compensation, a petition calling for DiNicola’s resignation has begun circulating on the web. Signature collector Rosalie Pedrazo wouldn’t comment on how many signatures have been gathered. The debate surrounds DiNicola’s efforts to […]
Posted on by Jon Berry
The Associated Press reports that in a speech to the National Urban League, New York City Mayor (and possible independent presidential candidate) Michael Bloomberg promoted merit pay for teachers: “Bloomberg said some critics believe that offering financial incentives to teachers somehow diminishes their altruistic motives – an idea he denounced as ‘ridiculous.’” If “financial incentives” […]
