Posted on Nov 15, 2007 by Jon Berry
The union’s absurd tenure rules. As New York City Schools Chancellor Joel Klein wrote in a letter to principals, “in a typical year only about one-hundredth of 1 percent of tenured teachers are removed for ineffective performance.” Under New York’s tenure rules — safeguarded by the district’s contract with the United Federation of Teachers and […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
There’s a sad note for workplace democracy out of Pennsylvania, where a card check campaign was rammed down the throats of nursing home employees who had previously rejected the UFCW in actual elections. The case left a lot of hard feelings on the part of people who just wanted a vote. Now that there is […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
Yet another management team has decided they will no longer allow Service Employees International Union officials to get away with its campaign to destroy the business. The news from Indianapolis: Executive Management Services said it filed 33 unfair labor practice charges against the Service Employees International Union that challenge tactics the union uses to organize […]
Posted on Nov 14, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
OK, the AFL-CIO’s organizing director, Stewart Acuff, is not the devil. But his employer is no angel. The AFL-CIO and its members have a rough record: lavish salaries, crime, corruption, shy on union democracy, the works. So it’s interesting that he gave a rousing speech to (and in praise of) United Electrical, Radio & Machine […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
In an editorial this morning about Congressional pork, The Wall Street Journal notes “$1.5 million for the AFL-CIO Working for America Institute and $2.2 million for the AFL-CIO Appalachian Council” Colombian officials say they’re doing all they can to meet the stated complaints of the AFL-CIO, which is blocking a crucial trade pact Sen. Barak […]
Posted on Nov 13, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
At this point, it’s safe to assume there will be a strike by French public workers more often than the Olympics come around (though, interestingly, they never seem to coincide). Taking none to kindly to proposed reforms by Nicholas Sarkozy, who wants to cut back on pensions that allow public employees to retire at 50 […]
Posted on by Bret Jacobson
This morning’s must-read article comes from Florida, where Palm Beach Post editorial writer Joel Engelhardt takes the Service Employees International Union officials to task for their hypocritical campaign to improve improve health care. Engelhardt picks up on the story of SEIU’s deal in California, first reported by SF Weekly and covered here, in which union […]
Posted on Nov 12, 2007 by Bret Jacobson
Some striking nurses (that is, nurses on strike) in West Virginia are alleging that a union rep there had his car torched. There’s no evidence that it was related to events at hand, but that hasn’t stopped a breathless, righteous statement from the union. And we agree: it’s not OK to use violence or intimidation […]
