Posted on Jul 25, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
We gave you the story here and here. Now our own Union Facts researcher has helped inform the public on the issue again. A funny note from the Volokh Conspiracy: If, as Orin points out, the Carpenter’s Union is hiring workers for $8 an hour to picket on its behalf, it’s obvious that what we […]
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A Wall Street Journal editorial today points out the ugly side of government employee unions electing the politicians they will later negotiate with: It isn’t every day you can observe in broad daylight Congressional Democrats mugging state budgets to benefit special interests. But that’s precisely what is happening in a provision of the farm bill […]
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Irony Alert: The AFL-CIO-sponsored Democratic debate will be held in Soldier Field AFL-CIO leader has gall to say manufacturing decline in Midwest “is not a union issue” Oregon’s governor hires another union-backed mouthpiece A letter to the Arizona Republic did some digging on a non-profit group supoprting UFCW bosses’ anti-corporate campaign against grocery store chain […]
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Rival upstart union has filed a second petition to represent UPS employees. (Hat tip Employer Report)
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Give the unions credit, they’re not too bashful to acknowledge the fruits of their political muscle. Says the AFL-CIO: More than 10,000 child care providers in Kansas and Pennsylvania won collective bargaining rights this month when the states’ governors signed executive orders guaranteeing the workers a voice on the job. In Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius […]
Posted on Jul 24, 2007 by Jon Berry
Michelle Rhee, the education reformer recently confirmed as D.C.’s schools chief, announced yesterday that the district will not continue to stand for bad teaching. This morning’s Examiner reported Rhee’s vow: The bottom line is that I’m not going to have tolerance for ineffective teachers. The data is very clear that if you have three ineffective […]
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There’s this news from the Allentown, Pennsylvania Morning Call: Maintenance workers at the Allentown Housing Authority have voted to join the labor union that represents many city of Allentown workers. By a 17-7 vote Friday, the employees agreed to join Service Employees International Union Local 473/395, said local President Nick Balzano. Congratulations to those employees […]
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We’ve told you before that the Carpenters union has taken on the characteristics of many good employers — finding economically competitive labor. In other words, they have turned to hiring the homeless to picket job sites where other employers are — my goodness! — using companies that prefer not to pay the union premium for […]
