Strike!
Posted on Sep 24, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
UAW workers walk off job, begin pickets at some GM plants
Posted on Sep 24, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
UAW workers walk off job, begin pickets at some GM plants
Posted on by Jon Berry
In an unusual turn for a union typically associated with truck drivers (and corruption), a Las Vegas local of the Teamsters union is attempting to take over collective bargaining responsibilities from the Clark County Education Association — the county teachers union. Amid a lot of hype from the Teamsters comes one striking statistic: In the […]
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A hole where the doughnut should be?: Former union official organizes senior citizens to protest decision to refuse free doughnuts, pies and breads that were being donated to Teamsters boss busted: Labor leader accused of misusing union dues in excess of $50,000 — including traveling expenses for his wife and season tickets to the Cleveland […]
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The much mentioned strike by UAW could happen today … perhaps. The United Auto Workers leadership has set a strike deadline of 11 am today if General Motors doesn’t cave. Will it happen? Dunno. But there’s this to remember from the Wall Street Journal: Those days are long gone, as non-U.S. auto makers within the […]
Posted on Sep 21, 2007 by Jon Berry
Speaking of how teachers are treated, this morning school reform advocate Whitney Tilson passed along a note making a strong case that teachers unions too often promote the wrong sort of professionalism. The letter was provoked by United Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten, who recently argued against holding teachers accountable for their students’ performance: […]
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Marc Ambinder has the eye-popping numbers of the big budgets set out for winning in ’08: The AFL-CIO will spend $53 million, the largest sum ever In total, AFL-CIO unions will spend $200 million Change To Win will set its budget soon CTW member SEIU is slated to spend $30 million by itself UPDATE: AP […]
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The New York Times reports: Frustrated by enduring corruption, prosecutors have asked a federal judge in Manhattan to replace the independent investigator in charge of rooting out mob involvement and other problems in the carpenters’ union in New York. This has a real effect on members. The Times adds that the official seeking the change […]
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Richard Bales at Workplace Prof Blog relayed this week a fascinating article by a labor law professor and an education professor looking at the roles that labor law and teachers unions can play at charter schools. Charter schools, the authors argue, are supposed to be “high performance workplaces” that emphasize “flexibility, employee involvement, responsibility, accountability, […]
