Labor Pains: Because Being in a Union can be Painful

Archive: May 2010 (Page 3)

  • Teachers Unions to Students: Drop Dead

    Posted on May 06, 2010 by Sonny Bunch

    One of the more shocking aspects of the Race to the Top application process is the way that teachers unions across the country have decided to fight against their school districts receiving more money. In Massachusetts, for example, the American Federation of Teachers Massachusetts, one of the two statewide teachers unions, has now urged its […]

  • Richard Trumka Cloudy Crystal Ball

    Posted on May 05, 2010 by J. Justin Wilson

    I gotta hand it to the man. Either Richard Trumka’s just plain ambitious or just doesn’t mind being the farthest thing from prophetic.  From The Hill article yesterday, here are a few things he thinks and/or knows are going to happen this year. –According to The Hill, Trumka thinks “Reid’s push to get the Wall […]

  • Furloughs: New York is California Dreamin’

    Posted on by J. Justin Wilson

    Gov. Paterson may have gotten mad in January, but he’s finally laying down the law against labor unions in the state. According to the Wall Street Journal, Governor Paterson is considering going all Schwarzenegger on the State of New York: “In his most aggressive move yet to slash state labor costs, Gov. David A. Paterson […]